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April 23, 2026

Lisa Chamberlain takes helm of pediatric unit at College of Medicine – Tucson

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7 Health Sciences faculty and staff members receive Convergence Awards

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U of A Health Sciences, Arizona Department of Health Services launch formal partnership to strengthen public health across state

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Inside a decade of collaboration between Banner Health and University of Arizona

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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CAMI receives $4M financial investment from Maricopa County

University of Arizona Health Sciences students are learning how to reduce the burden of student loan debt while acquiring useful skills to make smart financial decisions that will support a sustained career in the health care workforce.

Increasing financial literacy for health care professionals

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Dr. Carlos Zgheib receives Wound Healing Society honor

Next class of physicians gathers for White Coat Ceremony

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Dr. Nicole Jimenez honored with ExCEL Scholar Award

MD/PhD student receives F30 grant from the NIH to further her skin cancer research

“‘That others may live’ is a creed I lived for for eight years. As a doctor, I will continue to give my all to help those in my care,” said U.S. Air Force veteran and reservist Alex Hilser, a second-year medical student at the College of Medicine – Tucson who was recently named a Tillman Scholar.

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Student Selected as Tillman Scholar

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Dr. Bridget Murphy recognized with Career Development Award

Disability organizations partner to host ‘Backpacks & Boosters’ vaccine and wellness fair

Frank von Hippel, PhD, an ecotoxicologist who studies pollution and contaminants, and how they impact people, wildlife and the environment.

Warming Alaska: On the frontline of climate change

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Dr. Tobias Jakobi recognized with Career Development Award

On the left, cells isolated from breast cancer cells were treated with RANKL, a growth factor that stimulates bone resorption, to produce osteoclasts (pink). When morphine was added to the cell culture (right), the number of osteoclasts increased, suggesting that morphine stimulated osteoclast production.

Study shows how morphine may contribute to bone loss and cancer-induced bone pain