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A young boy kneels on a raised surface and reaches out to hug his mother

Scientists on a quest to prevent asthma by boosting immune system

A family history of respiratory illnesses led environmental researcher Paloma Beamer, PhD, to enroll her newborn son in a clinical trial to prevent asthma.

Portrait of Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD, standing outside in front of trees.

Mingyu Liang works to transform physiology at U of A

Onicio Leal Neto, PhD, MPH, stands at a desk next to a table full of people with laptops open in front of them.

Public Health launches first AI summer program

Young adult connecting smartphone to continuous glucose monitor, checking blood glucose

New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

College of Medicine – Tucson White Coat Ceremony Welcomes Class of 2025

Dr. Benjamin Lee Named Chair of College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Urology

Dallin Tavoian, PhD, uses an ultrasound probe to obtain an image of an artery in the participant's upper arm. The flow-mediated dilation procedure assesses the artery's response to a change in blood flow, an important marker of cardiovascular health.

College of Medicine – Tucson Clinical Trial to Study a Simple Breathing Exercise for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Despite living a healthy lifestyle – exercising, eating right, not smoking or drinking – Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD, FACS, interim chair, Department of Surgery at the College of Medicine – Tucson, was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Guest Column: One Breath at a Time

A new program jointly run by the College of Nursing and College of Medicine – Tucson will train psychiatric nurse practitioner doctoral students together with psychology doctoral interns to prepare them to provide integrated health care in rural and medically underserved areas.

$1.9M Grant to Boost Behavioral Health Care Providers in Rural, Medically Underserved Communities

Pandemic-influenced art created and presented by residents during the Resident Scholarly Project Program (RSPP) Scholarly Day.

Residents Create Art to Reflect on Experiences of 2020

College of Medicine – Tucson Medical Students to Receive White Coats

Helpers Stay Quit is the first study to examine the effects of the helper-therapy principle – the idea that receiving help from people who are also in recovery results in lower relapse rates and is beneficial for maintaining abstinence – on smokers and former smokers.

‘Helpers Stay Quit’ Study Seeks to Keep Newly Quit Smokers from Relapsing

Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the Sarver Heart Center (right) and Carol Gregorio, PhD, co-director of the Sarver Heart Center, view collaboration across disciplines as key to future success for the center.

Collaboration at the Heart of 35 Years of Success for Sarver Heart Center

Billions of dollars a year are lost to scammers.

How Can I Slow Down and Recognize a Scam?

Drs. Ruslan Rafikov and Olga Rafikova study the genetic and metabolomic biomarkers of pulmonary hypertension.

A Simple Blood Test to Speed Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnosis

David Tzou, MD

Dr. David Tzou Recognized with Health Sciences Career Development Award