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U of A and UNM win joint $43.6M NIH award to help turn clinical research into practical medicine

The CTSA grant, the largest infrastructure and training award from the NIH, supports the translation of research discoveries into improved patient care.

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$4.5M NIDA grant will fund research to improve methadone treatment quality

Confocal cancer cells and fibroblasts in collagen.

$1.7M DOD grant funds virtual cancer center to support research into military health

Nursing student Misty L. Pagán, DNP, poses for a photo in an outdoor setting. She is wearing a white coat over a blue dress and has a stethoscope wrapped around her neck.

From grief to purpose: How a PhD student discovered her calling in nursing

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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Dr. Lisa Kiser receives AANP State Award for Excellence

Dr. Joyce Lee-Iannotti standing outside smiling holding a certificate. She is an Asian woman with medium length strait brown hair with highlights.

Dr. Lee-Iannotti Named Arizona Researcher of the Year by ACP

Fernando D. Martinez, MD, Regents Professor and director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences’ Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center.

Connecting with Dr. Fernando Martinez

researchers are studying how electronic stimulation of the brain

Stimulating the brain to treat pain and substance use disorder

researcher with microscope

UArizona Health Sciences researchers unlocking new answers in the quest for safer, more effective opioid therapy

The reception area at the new University of Arizona Clinical and Translational Sciences Research Center is large, modern and filled with natural light — all improvements over the center’s old space.

CATS Center opens modernized, larger facility

Ahn named dean of the University of Arizona College of Nursing

Anna Williams prepares to load a flow cell into the PANDA Core for Genome and Microbiome Research’s NovaSeq 6000 genome sequencer. The flow cell is what DNA samples are pumped into and what they bind to as they’re processed into sequenced reads.

Health Sciences genome sequencers a leap forward for research

The arid climate of the Southwestern U.S. provides researchers at the University of Arizona with a real-world laboratory to study the effects of climate change on human health both locally and across the globe.

A look at the cost of climate change on human health

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Dr. Goldberg Tapped for Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Members of the Health Sciences Research Administration’s Walkie Talkie teams walk regularly during lunch. There are four Walkie Talkie teams with a total of 26 members.

Move AZ improves health and community in Health Sciences

The Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center is developing messages to promote awareness and respect for Arizona’s marijuana laws and to encourage responsible use of cannabis.

Cannabis education focus of new Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center program