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Mari Ricker, MD, stands in front of a roomful of people at a table with different ingredients set on it.

How to succeed with New Year’s resolutions

U of A health experts offer tips on sticking to your goals and making changes in 2026.

Two men hold a giant pair of scissors as they prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon as a group of about 10 other people look on.

U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership

Two men and a woman, all dressed in hard hats and reflective mining jackets, looks at a mining facility in the distance. Their backs are to the camera.

U of A and mining company launch community health impact assessment in Santa Cruz County

A closeup of a long scar on a woman's shoulder.

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Bringing different perspectives to providing health care yields better outcomes. From left to right: Ravina Thuraisingam, MD, College of Medicine – Tucson class of 2020, Jennifer Bea, PhD, and Vinson Lee, MS, research coordinator, in a photo from 2019.

How Cultural Understanding Can Improve Health Care for All

With development of a handheld confocal microscopes, researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences want to make existing technology more affordable and accessible to a larger number of patients.

UArizona Portable Device May Bring Change to Standard of Care for Skin Cancer

Phoenix pediatrician and assistant professor Gary Kirkilas, DO, predicts child drownings may increase this summer as a result of the pandemic.

Pediatrics in a Pandemic: Q&A with Dr. Gary Kirkilas

Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD, and Dongkyun Kang, PhD, are collaborating to create a portable, less expensive version of a skin cancer diagnostic microscope.

“The Future is Now” in New Skin Cancer Diagnosis Technology

Mindy Fain, MD

Dr. Mindy Fain Recognized with College of Medicine – Tucson Mentoring Award

$2.58M in Federal Funds Allow UArizona Health Sciences to Study Poorly Understood Fungal Asthma

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

Helen Amerongen, PhD

Dr. Helen Amerongen Recognized with College of Medicine – Tucson Mentoring Award

Yin Chen, PhD, studies the lungs, including asthma, influenza and now, coronavirus.

Health Sciences Researcher Inspired to Solve Deadly Illnesses

The pandemic has kept many people close to home during typical spring and summer travel months and it can be hard to gauge the risks of venturing away from home.

Guest Column: Is it Safe to Rent a Hotel, Cabin or Home Yet?

UArizona Public Health Researchers Weigh in on the Best (and Worst) Materials for Masks

Superfund Research Center Receives $10.6M to Study Mining Waste, Arsenic-Diabetes Link