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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

Research Study on Cancer Risk for Wildland Firefighters Funded by FEMA

Grants Create New Center to Address Native American Disability Challenges

Pima County Health Director Named UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Alumni of Year

Compound 194 (left) was developed by researchers to uncouple the interaction between CRMP2 and the enzyme Ubc9, which indirectly regulates the sodium ion channel NaV1.7. A new study showed that the resulting reduction in sodium currents reduced pain. (Image: Samantha Perez-Miller, Aude Chefdeville and Rajesh Khanna)

Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief

A study by UArizona Health Sciences researchers found American Indian and Alaska Native women with early-stage breast cancer had a higher percentage of mastectomy and a lower percentage of lumpectomy than white women.

UArizona Health Sciences Study Identifies Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities Among Native American, Indigenous Women

UArizona Alumnus R. Ken Coit Commits $50M to Advance College of Pharmacy

Vascular Surgeon Leads NIH-funded Study of Brain Blood Flow and Alzheimer’s Disease

Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, was honored for his research on aging and older adults, which seeks to understand why many chronic diseases associated with aging are made worse by chronic inflammation.

UArizona Health Sciences Immunologist Named Gerontologist of the Year

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Announces New Surgery Chair

Lisa Shubitz, DVM, led a research team that examined the effects of a potential canine Valley fever vaccine in dogs. The positive results represent a major step toward the development of not only a canine vaccine, but eventually a human vaccine for Valley fever.

Study Shows Vaccine Protects Dogs Against Valley Fever

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Weaponizing Copper as Potential Antibiotic

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Weaponizing Copper as Potential Antibiotic

A new study suggests first responders are at higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 than other health professionals.

AZ HEROES Data Show First Responders at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Infection