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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

Students in the Bachelor of Science in Medicine program will gain human medical science knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in four areas of emphasis: medical technology; basic medical sciences; medicine and society; and integrative and practice-focused medicine.

New UArizona Health Sciences Undergraduate Degree to Prepare Students for Health Care Careers

Nahla Zaghloul, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, College of Medicine – Tucson (right) and her mentor Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, founding director of the University of Arizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science

Faculty Mentorship Leads to Advancements in Brain Science

Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD

Dr. Juanita Merchant Recognized as Inspiring Black Scientist

University of Arizona Health Sciences students will be able to take advantage of expanding employment opportunities and meet the increasing demand for trained health care professionals through a new Bachelor of Science in Medicine degree program.

COM-T Receives Approval for Bachelor of Science in Medicine

Michael Johnson, PhD

Dr. Michael Johnson Recognized as Inspiring Black Scientist

Several graduates of the Pharmaceutical Sciences program have banded together to launch a startup based on their discoveries. From left: Isobelle Santos (science team), Vani Verkhovsky (business team), Jaesa Strong (CEO), Christina Moehring (CSO), Ariana Machado (business team), Samantha Dando (business team).

A Unique Strategy for Targeting Alzheimer’s Disease

China Rae Newman, MD, was honored with several student awards and was voted on by her peers to give the student address at the College of Medicine – Tucson commencement ceremony.

Students, Faculty Recognized with Senior Awards

A crisp image of a microscopic wasp is composited (using an image processing technique called extended depth of field) from a series of photos taken through a light microscope by Douglas Cromey, MS, associate scientific investigator in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Show Us Your Science

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Dean Michael M.I. Abecassis, MD, MBA, presided virtually during the 2020 College of Medicine – Tucson convocation ceremony.

2021 Medical Student Convocation Live and In-person Again

Ken Batai, PhD, a Cancer Prevention and Control Program research member at the UArizona Cancer Center, examined the increased risks of kidney cancer, specifically among Arizona’s Hispanic and Native American populations.

Increased Risk of Mortality Found for Arizona’s Hispanic, Native American Kidney Cancer Patients

The UArizona Health Sciences Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center has spent decades researching the origins of adult respiratory diseases, including asthma and COPD, which often begin in the wheezing and lower respiratory infections of youth.

Attacking Asthma: 50 Years of Life-changing Discovery

Research Day to Showcase UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Investigators’ Work to Overcome Health Challenges