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May 14, 2025

Taking on cancer in the lab and at the clinic

Elizabeth Borden, PhD, is researching cancer vaccines while pursuing her goal of becoming a pediatric oncologist.

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Developing the personalized future of cancer treatment

May 8, 2025

A CAMI scientist is leading efforts to create a new kind of cancer immunotherapy – neoantigen-specific cancer vaccines – to target patient-specific tumors and destroy cancer cells.

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Improving health literacy through leadership, connection

April 30, 2025

The University of Arizona Health Sciences K-12 Health Literacy Project builds leaders and boosts health literacy by training students to teach kids about health topics.

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A tale of two cities and a health mystery

April 16, 2025

A University of Arizona Health Sciences study aims to understand how early-life exposure to environmental factors places some children at an increased risk for asthma.

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Study identifies new mechanism for reducing female post-operative pain

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Researchers say inhibiting prolactin may break the link between psychological stress of scheduled surgery and worsening of post-operative pain in women.

$5M Skoll Foundation gift will help protect communities from future pandemics

May 15, 2025

The Skoll Foundation committed $5 million to enable the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to study public health threats brought on by pandemics and educate a new generation of adaptive and technologically adept public health professionals.

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Health care workers, firefighters have increased PFAS levels, study finds

May 8, 2025

Researchers looked at PFAS serum concentrations in health care workers for the first time and were surprised by what they found.

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The University of Arizona Health Sciences is one of the top-ranked academic medical centers in the southwestern United States, garnering more than $248 million in research grants, contracts and awards annually. The U of A Health Sciences comprises the College of Health Sciences, College of Medicine – Phoenix, College of Medicine – Tucson, College of Nursing, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Additionally, 12 centers are dedicated to excellence in cancer; neurodegenerative and respiratory diseases; precision health care; pain and addiction; biomedical informatics, health technology innovation and simulation training; and pandemic preparedness. The U of A Health Sciences employs approximately 3,000 people and has approximately 7,700 students on campuses in Tucson, Phoenix and Gilbert, Arizona.

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Taking on cancer in the lab and at the clinic

Developing the personalized future of cancer treatment

Improving health literacy through leadership, connection

A tale of two cities and a health mystery

News Releases

Study identifies new mechanism for reducing female post-operative pain

$5M Skoll Foundation gift will help protect communities from future pandemics

Health care workers, firefighters have increased PFAS levels, study finds

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Men are twice as likely to die of broken heart syndrome

Azithromycin does not reduce illness severity in preschoolers with severe wheezing

Life Kit: 5 eating habits that can help you sleep better at night

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