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Falloposcope cancer screening tool testing advances to next steps

Jennifer Barton, PhD, is spearheading an effort to diagnose ovarian cancer earlier and give high-risk patients a new option.

Medical students Jerry Ruvalcaba and Katie Simic stand side by side outdoors, smiling in their white lab coats embroidered with titles from the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix.

Couple commits to caring for Phoenix together

A decorative image shows a cell as it travels through the body.

Why does losing the Y chromosome make some cancers worse? New $6.5M NIH grant could provide clues

A microscopic view of cells shows one large purple cell surrounded by smaller "normal" cells. The purple cell is about four times the size of the normal cells.

Researchers find potential link between chronic pain, immune condition

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Faculty and staff take their first tour of Roy P. Drachman Hall in 2005, the future home of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

A Look at 20 Years of Public Health Milestones

Deborah Birx, MD, coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, visited University of Arizona and UArizona Health Sciences laboratories where researchers are testing antibody and antigen samples collected from students and employees. Ryan Sprissler, PhD, staff scientist and manager of the UArizona Genetics Core, speaks with Dr. Birx as UArizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, and others, listen.

White House Coronavirus Task Force Leader Visits UArizona Labs

Introducing the Second Cohort of PCP Scholarship Recipients

Clinical research coordinator Brenna Abril instructs students in self-administering the nasal swab antigen test at the Recreation and Wellness Center, known as NorthREC, in Tucson.

Student COVID-19 Testing is a Key to Campus Reentry Process

Health Sciences Innovation Building Hosts Budding Artists

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

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

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