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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

Can prehabilitation improve inflammatory biomarkers in American Indian cancer patients?

CAMI courtyard cafe concept

CAMI receives $4M financial investment from Maricopa County

Next class of physicians gathers for White Coat Ceremony

“‘That others may live’ is a creed I lived for for eight years. As a doctor, I will continue to give my all to help those in my care,” said U.S. Air Force veteran and reservist Alex Hilser, a second-year medical student at the College of Medicine – Tucson who was recently named a Tillman Scholar.

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Student Selected as Tillman Scholar

MD/PhD student receives F30 grant from the NIH to further her skin cancer research

Disability organizations partner to host ‘Backpacks & Boosters’ vaccine and wellness fair

On the left, cells isolated from breast cancer cells were treated with RANKL, a growth factor that stimulates bone resorption, to produce osteoclasts (pink). When morphine was added to the cell culture (right), the number of osteoclasts increased, suggesting that morphine stimulated osteoclast production.

Study shows how morphine may contribute to bone loss and cancer-induced bone pain

SWEHSC research led by Karletta Chief, PhD, involves assessing short-term exposures and risk perceptions on the Navajo Nation following the catastrophic Gold King Mine spill in 2015.

Center receives $7.8M NIH grant to address environmental health challenges

Banner Health and UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix partner to increase residency and fellowship positions

A study led by researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Family and Community Medicine found that suicide prevention care administered at emergency departments varied by race or ethnicity among people with alcohol use disorder.

People of color receive less suicide prevention care at emergency departments

Renowned scientist joins UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson as chair of the Department of Physiology

Academic-community educational partnerships like the one between the Arizona Area Health Education Center Program and the Center for Excellence in Rural Education aim to improve the supply and distribution of health care professionals in rural areas. The AzAHEC-CERE partnership will serve Gila, Graham and Greenlee counties, which are home to many small towns including Payson, Arizona (pictured).

Arizona Area Health Education Center welcomes CERE as Regional AHEC Center