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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.

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

Two male researchers wearing dark safety glasses test a prototype of an imaging device in a lab. Behind them is a computer screen that shows an image of the sample being studied.

New imaging tech promises to help doctors better diagnose and treat skin cancers

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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

COVID-19 Sample Collection Kits Made, Delivered to Hospital

A student in the College of Medicine – Tucson helps a man sanitize his hands. Students are helping homeless people during the pandemic, because the medically-vulnerable population is expected to be hit hard by the COVID-19 virus.

College of Medicine – Tucson Students Support Homeless Population During Pandemic Virus Outbreak

Merryl Lopido, simulation operations specialist for ASTEC, and David Biffar, ASTEC’s assistant director of operations, use special-effects makeup to simulate traumatic injuries on volunteer Helen Ward’s leg. Many volunteers received simulated wounds with fake blood or embedded debris.

Airport Practices Emergency Response with Health Sciences Simulation Center – March 10, 2020

Firefighters Taylor Parrish and Chris LaFave wrap Jonathan Sexton, PhD, in a protective barrier to demonstrate how to prevent further spread of a virus during an ambulance trip to the hospital.

COVID-19 Behind the Scenes: How First Responders Can Prevent Infection Transmission

Next-generation Providers Bringing Health Care to the Streets

Attendees check out the new space during the grand opening of the Faculty Commons + Advisory, a gathering place where faculty can connect with one another and with experts from various areas of campus to receive advice, direction, and inspiration for research and innovation.

Faculty Commons + Advisory Grand Opening Event – March 4, 2020

Christopher Thomas of Sonoran Prevention Works demonstrates how to draw intramuscular naloxone into a syringe.

Training Students to Use Naloxone to Prevent Overdoses

Ribbon cutting for the renovated and expanded Skaggs Center, from left to right: University of Arizona Foundation President and CEO JP Roczniak; donor Richard Katz; donor Ken Coit; UArizona College of Pharmacy Dean Rick Schnellmann, PhD; Ronny Cutshall, president of The ALSAM Foundation, which was established by the Skaggs family; UArizona Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Michael D. Dake, MD; UArizona Provost Liesl Folks, PhD, MBA; UArizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD.

College of Pharmacy Celebrates Grand Opening of Skaggs Center Expansion - Feb. 21, 2020