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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.

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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

Two male researchers wearing dark safety glasses test a prototype of an imaging device in a lab. Behind them is a computer screen that shows an image of the sample being studied.

New imaging tech promises to help doctors better diagnose and treat skin cancers

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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PharmCamp exposes Tucson youth to careers in health sciences

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

A $10 million grant from the EPA will allow researchers to advance environmental justice, which is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.

EPA awards UArizona $10M for new environmental justice center

The Arizona Area Health Education Centers Program seeks to improve the supply and distribution of health care professionals, particularly primary and preventive care, in Arizona’s rural and medically underserved communities.

Arizona AHEC: Filling a need for health care professionals

UArizona Health Sciences researcher at the forefront of Indigenous data sovereignty

UArizona Health Sciences researcher at the forefront of Indigenous data sovereignty

Second annual Washington summit to focus on healthy aging

Second annual Washington summit to focus on healthy aging

Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line to open June 1

Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line to open June 1

UArizona Phoenix campus hosts Go Girl Scouts Go STEAM Camp

Older folks practicing Ti Chi

University of Arizona Arthritis Center to host virtual “Living Healthy with Arthritis” symposium with spotlight on culinary medicine