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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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Zuckerman College of Public Health honors fall graduates

Graduates of the Tohono O’odham Community College Class of 2024 pose for a photo outside the college on a sunny day.

Partnership gives community college students path to BS in Public Health

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Top 10 Health Sciences Connect stories of 2024

CAMI Inaugural Executive Director Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson; University of Arizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD; Arizona Board of Regents Chair Cecelia Mata; University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella, PhD; City of Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego; and SmithGroup Design Director Mark Kranz, FAIA, stand side by side, holding shovels in dirt.

Cannabis terpenes, CAMI and long COVID: U of A Health Sciences’ top news releases of 2024

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Health Sciences faculty adapt holiday traditions to desert

40 Under 40 list includes 3 from U of A Health Sciences

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Guiding the next generation of students on Indigenous policy

Portrait of Marc Verhougstraete of the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Marc Verhougstraete starts prestigious fellowship in D.C.

Poster with dozens of portraits of people in military uniforms. The poster text reads, “Veterans Day, Honoring all who served.”

Health Sciences veterans, we thank you for your service

A female health worker chats with a seated male patient after administering a vaccine. Both are smiling.

$1.75M CDC grant funds study to boost vaccine acceptance in Arizona’s rural, border communities

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Feast for Your Brain supports community and healthy aging

Dylan Miller and Dr. Clara Curiel, co-directors of the University of Arizona’s Skin Cancer Institute, stand in front of a Prevent Cancer Foundation Congressional Families Program backdrop.

Skin Cancer Institute receives national excellence award