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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

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

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

New Laboratories in Skaggs Center’s Expansion Will Enhance Education, Enable New Drug Discovery and Usher in “An Era of Transformation”

Winona Esher holds her artwork “Defined.” Esher’s UA affiliation is Melanie Esher-Blair, who works for the Department of Telemedicine.

Meet the Hidden Artists of Health Sciences at This Year’s “On Our Own Time” Art Exhibit

Panelists, from left: Curby Sickmon, Matthew Randle, and interpreter Kelly Hurlbut with Matthew Wangeman.

Countering a Lifetime of Assumptions About People with Disabilities

A recent physiology graduate, Nick Knapton (center) studies nursing at the University of Arizona.

Lessons Learned from the Battlefield Prompt Health Sciences Student to Create Campus Services for Veterans, Students with Disabilities

In addition to her role as an undergraduate research assistant, Mikayla Campagne works as an athletic training technician for the UArizona women’s gymnastics team.

Health Sciences Researchers Study How Common Antibiotics Weaken Tendons

Brian S. McKay, PhD, and his mentee, 2018 UArizona graduate Anna G. Figueroa, investigate better treatments for AMD, the most common cause of blindness in those over age 55.

Parkinson’s Drug May Treat Macular Degeneration

Alesia Jung, a doctoral student in epidemiology at the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is project coordinator for the Fire Fighter Multicenter Cancer Cohort Study and works directly with firefighters in Tucson and beyond.

Health Sciences Researchers Find Firefighters Battle More Than Just Flames

From left: Allan Hamilton, MD, executive director of ASTEC, Kevin Moynahan, MD, College of Medicine – Tucson deputy dean for education, and Deana Ann Smith, BS, BSN, RN, healthcare simulation educator, work on a life-size virtual dissection table.

Step Inside the Simulation Center Inspired by a Hollywood Set

UArizona Health Sciences Scholarship Recipients Commit to Practice Primary Care in Underserved Areas

From left: Allan Hamilton, MD, executive director of ASTEC, Kevin Moynahan, MD, College of Medicine – Tucson deputy dean for education, and Deana Ann Smith, BS, BSN, RN, healthcare simulation educator, work on a life-size virtual dissection table.

Step Inside the Simulation Center Inspired by a Hollywood Set

Ike Chinyere solders wiring for a cardiac electrophysiology model to study heart arrhythmias. Steven Goldman, MD, and Elizabeth Juneman, MD, research mentors, in background.

Taking ‘Do No Harm’ to Heart

Left to right: Alice Sweedo, PhD candidate; Samuel Miller-Gutierrez; Daniel Palomares (PhD student); and Marvin J. Slepian, MD

Health Sciences Lab Provides Hands-On Experience for High School Students to Postdocs