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A young boy kneels on a raised surface and reaches out to hug his mother

Scientists on a quest to prevent asthma by boosting immune system

A family history of respiratory illnesses led environmental researcher Paloma Beamer, PhD, to enroll her newborn son in a clinical trial to prevent asthma.

Portrait of Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD, standing outside in front of trees.

Mingyu Liang works to transform physiology at U of A

Onicio Leal Neto, PhD, MPH, stands at a desk next to a table full of people with laptops open in front of them.

Public Health launches first AI summer program

Young adult connecting smartphone to continuous glucose monitor, checking blood glucose

New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Health Sciences Innovation Building Hosts Budding Artists

College of Medicine – Tucson bike listening tour participants from left: Eve Shapiro, MD, emeritus professor of pediatrics; Paul Gordon, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Patricia Lebensohn, MD, professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Julia Liatti, first-year medical student.

Riding Across the Country to Listen to Health Care Perspectives

Implementing Safety Measures for Return to Campus

Five members of the Class of 2024 introduced themselves to their house dean and mentor, two faculty members who will support them through their medical school journeys.

Incoming Tucson Medical Students Receive White Coats

Dongkyun Kang, PhD, works on the laser light portion of a new, portable skin cancer diagnostic technology he is developing with Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD.

Developing Handheld Skin Cancer Diagnostic Technology

University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students in the Commitment to Underserved People Program held a drive to help the Navajo Nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students Lynn Pham, Guadalupe Davila, Nicole Bejany and Thomasina Blackwater hold up face masks they sent to the Navajo Nation.

Navajo Community Embraces Support, Testing to Quell Pandemic

University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD, hopes to learn how the bacteria that live in the vagina help or harm gynecologic health.

Unlocking the Secrets of the Vaginal Microbiome

Jennifer Uhrlaub, associate research scientist and laboratory manager in the Janko Nikolich-Zugich lab, loads samples into centrifuge in the Biosafety level 3 lab in April.

A Look Back at Health Sciences’ COVID-19 Response and Relief Efforts

Lab technician Gina Delgado registers blood samples before they are processed to determine if they show antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19.

Inside an Antibody Testing Laboratory

This poster concept is “I take care of myself to take care of them,” to show everyone must help practice public health precautions for the good of the entire community.

Spanish Outreach Campaign Encourages Healthy, Safe Community

A new use for a practice field, testing is conducted in this climate controlled temporary clinic set up inside the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center.

Antibody Testing Begins with Health Care Workers, First Responders in Tucson

Photo Challenge: See How Your Health Sciences Colleagues Are Working From Home