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A young boy kneels on a raised surface and reaches out to hug his mother

Scientists on a quest to prevent asthma by boosting immune system

A family history of respiratory illnesses led environmental researcher Paloma Beamer, PhD, to enroll her newborn son in a clinical trial to prevent asthma.

Portrait of Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD, standing outside in front of trees.

Mingyu Liang works to transform physiology at U of A

Onicio Leal Neto, PhD, MPH, stands at a desk next to a table full of people with laptops open in front of them.

Public Health launches first AI summer program

Young adult connecting smartphone to continuous glucose monitor, checking blood glucose

New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Organoids are miniature tissues or tumors grown in the laboratory that provide scientists with a more realistic model to design therapeutics for hard-to-treat cancers and rare diseases.

Miniature organs driving precision medicine, drug discovery

Organoids are miniature tissues or tumors grown in the laboratory that provide scientists with a more realistic model to design therapeutics for hard-to-treat cancers and rare diseases.

Miniature organs driving precision medicine, drug discovery

Illustration of man on bench with COVID-19 virus

Arizona CoVHORT research study receives award to continue investigation of long COVID

Fernando D. Martinez, MD, Regents Professor and director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences’ Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center.

Connecting with Dr. Fernando Martinez

Fernando D. Martinez, MD, Regents Professor and director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences’ Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center.

Connecting with Dr. Fernando Martinez

researchers are studying how electronic stimulation of the brain

Stimulating the brain to treat pain and substance use disorder

researcher with microscope

UArizona Health Sciences researchers unlocking new answers in the quest for safer, more effective opioid therapy

The reception area at the new University of Arizona Clinical and Translational Sciences Research Center is large, modern and filled with natural light — all improvements over the center’s old space.

CATS Center opens modernized, larger facility

Ahn named dean of the University of Arizona College of Nursing

Anna Williams prepares to load a flow cell into the PANDA Core for Genome and Microbiome Research’s NovaSeq 6000 genome sequencer. The flow cell is what DNA samples are pumped into and what they bind to as they’re processed into sequenced reads.

Health Sciences genome sequencers a leap forward for research

Anna Williams prepares to load a flow cell into the PANDA Core for Genome and Microbiome Research’s NovaSeq 6000 genome sequencer. The flow cell is what DNA samples are pumped into and what they bind to as they’re processed into sequenced reads.

Health Sciences genome sequencers a leap forward for research

The arid climate of the Southwestern U.S. provides researchers at the University of Arizona with a real-world laboratory to study the effects of climate change on human health both locally and across the globe.

A look at the cost of climate change on human health