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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.

A woman wearing a white medical coat holds a stethoscope while looking towards a sunset over a rural desert landscape.

Halle Foundation unites U of A and Banner Health to expand primary care GME statewide

Suresh Garimella and Amy Perry each holding one side of a framed proclamation in front of a white backdrop with red and blue logos for U of A and Banner Health

A decade of impact: U of A and Banner Health transform health care in Arizona

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

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

When thoughtfully used by scientists, researchers and clinicians, social media can be a tool to promote science and health literacy among a general audience.

Boosting Science Through Social Media

One of the biggest scientific applications to come from the pandemic can be found in the immunology that led to the development of the highly effective COVID-19 vaccines.

A New Era: Creating Defenses Against Disease After COVID-19

Dr. Gustavo De Oliveira Almeida’s fascination with applying data science to real life led him to his dream job as coordinator of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Sensor Lab.

Finding a Career Calling in the Health Sciences Sensor Lab

Data science fellows apply the technical training they learn through the year-long program to the research they are doing in the laboratory.

Training and Retaining Home-grown Data Scientists

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

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

Ayman Fanous, MD, the new psychiatry chair at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, sees “precision psychiatry” as the wave of the future in behavioral health. Knowledge of an individual’s genetic makeup will allow us to develop safer and more effective treatment plans, he says.

Dr. Ayman Fanous Finds Music Among Tools to Explore the Mind

I Am Health Sciences

Teaching Ethical and Legal Frameworks to Support Healthy Aging

The class of 2022 parades down 3rd St. to the Phoenix Convention Center.

College of Medicine – Phoenix: Class of 2022 Officially Become Doctors

Distinguished Advisory Group Supporting CAMI’s Move Forward

Luke Wohlford, MD, was selected as the 2022 College of Medicine – Phoenix commencement speaker.

Health Sciences Graduates Celebrated With In-Person Events