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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

College of Medicine – Tucson student Leenda Osman checks a young patient’s ear at the Rocky Point Medical Centers in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. Volunteers from the MexZona student group at the College of Medicine – Tucson and the Migrant Health Interest Group and Global Health Program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix provide free clinical services to underserved patients in marginalized communities.

Mexico Trips Give Chance for Experience, Empathy, Engagement

Many studies, including several by the University of Arizona Health Sciences in collaboration with the Tucson Fire Department, contributed evidence that led the International Agency for Research on Cancer to determine occupational exposure as a firefighter causes cancer.

Research Collaboration Informs International Classification of Firefighting as Carcinogenic

The study’s third year will assess COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in preventing infection or symptoms, as well as the impact of sociodemographic, health characteristics or prior infection on vaccine effectiveness.

AZ HEROES Research Study Awarded $22M to Continue Evaluation of COVID-19 Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness

Dodge to Join Zuckerman College of Public Health Faculty, Lead UArizona Institute for LGBT Studies

Addressing the Grand Challenges of Aging Through Multidisciplinary Seed Grants

Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH, a behavioral scientist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, shows a child how to use a stock inhaler to control asthma. She encouraged the Arizona Legislature to pass a 2017 law to improve access to inhalers and broaden who could administer them to students.

School Asthma Expert Dr. Lynn Gerald Lightens Her Load

Lynn T. Gerald, PhD, MSPH

Dr. Lynn Gerald Awarded Asthma Foundation Lectureship

Andrew T. Weil, MD

Dr. Andrew Weil Receives Integrative Healthcare Leader Award

Julie Ledford, PhD, co-director of the Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program, is an associate professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

Ledford Named Co-director of UArizona Health Sciences Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program

Tara Sklar, professor of health law and director of the Health, Law and Policy program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, holds her father’s hand for the last time while he was in hospice. (photo courtesy of Tara Sklar)

Turning Childhood Trauma Into Advocacy for Older Adults

Matthew Dodson, PhD

Dr. Matthew Dodson Earns Health Sciences Career Development Award

Sabrina Plattner (third from right), senior health educator at the Zuckerman College of Public Health, has dedicated her career to promoting programs that foster healthy lifestyle principles for eating and exercise to reduce childhood obesity.

Continuing a Legacy of Health Education and Outreach