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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

A graduate student and a faculty member examine labels on containers in a lab

Graduate student using data analysis to protect firefighters from cancer

Zong-Ming Li sitting at his office desk holding an anatomical model of the inside of a hand.

Zong-Ming Li named medical biological engineering fellow

Stephen Dahmer, MD, stands outside wearing a blue suit coat, with his arms crossed

Connecting with Stephen Dahmer, MD

An exterior view of the Hopi Health Care Center in Polacca, Arizona.

Arizona Center for Rural Health receives $4.4 million in HRSA grants to bolster health services in outlying communities

Close-up of hand holding tepary beans

Finding a nutritious solution to a climate change challenge

A woman in a science laboratory, wearing a lab coat, gloves, a face mask and hair covering, works on an experiment with lab tools and lights.

U of A Health Sciences comes alive through lens of a staff photographer

Portrait of Dr. Celia Hildebrand

Hildebrand receives Rosalind Franklin Society award

Four people, including Mel Hector, MD, of the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine – Tucson, watch a reading of Hector’s play.

All the world’s a stage for prolific playwrighting professor

Two U of A College of Nursing faculty members pose with a graduating student after the college’s convocation ceremony.

U of A College of Nursing receives $1.6M grant to support Indigenous students

A photo illustration of a woman looking at a computer screen with words and numbers reflected in her glasses.

Integrating AI into research may revolutionize outcomes

Portrait of Elise Erickson in the Health Sciences Innovation Building

Erickson named research chair at nurse-midwife association

Two pain management doctors view x-rays on a screen while conducting a procedure on a patient

Fellowship helps a physician find her passion for treating chronic pain patients