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Falloposcope cancer screening tool testing advances to next steps

Jennifer Barton, PhD, is spearheading an effort to diagnose ovarian cancer earlier and give high-risk patients a new option.

Medical students Jerry Ruvalcaba and Katie Simic stand side by side outdoors, smiling in their white lab coats embroidered with titles from the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix.

Couple commits to caring for Phoenix together

A decorative image shows a cell as it travels through the body.

Why does losing the Y chromosome make some cancers worse? New $6.5M NIH grant could provide clues

A microscopic view of cells shows one large purple cell surrounded by smaller "normal" cells. The purple cell is about four times the size of the normal cells.

Researchers find potential link between chronic pain, immune condition

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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

Five people standing in a line facing viewer holding Pharmacy Faculty/Staff recognition awards.

Pharmacy faculty, staff recognized during State of the College

Match Day celebrations are a joyous turning point in pharmacy and medical students’ careers. They joy and anticipation marks the start of the next phase of their career with residency training.

Joy, anticipation part of Match Day memories

PharmTalk is a free, in-person event that will highlight the breadth and depth of the pharmacy profession and the impact of the UArizona Coit College of Pharmacy.

Community Lecture Event Highlights Pharmacists’ Impact

Elizabeth Hall-Lipsy, JD, MPH, and Brian Erstad, PharmD, review the chapter Dr. Erstad wrote for a faculty survival guide that provides tips and what questions faculty should ask when being hired.

Early-Career Faculty Success Supported by Colleges

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the University of Illinois found that viral loads of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be reduced by small molecule PLpro inhibitors.

UArizona COVID-19 Treatment Takes Next Step Toward Public Impact via License to Pharmaceutical Company

Spring Summit Focuses on Age-Related Diseases

Training first responders and health care providers how to help people who have been exposed to hazardous materials around the state and around the world is the mission of the Advanced Hazmat Life Support team.

Advanced Hazmat Life Support Keeps Good Chemicals from Going Bad

Esteban Ramirez, a student from Pima County JTED, a technical education program for high school students, bumps fists with Nathan Cherrington, PhD (right), director of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, at a January tour of his lab in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy.

SWEHSC Delivers With Collaboration, Research Success

Female professor with dark curly hair wearing sunglasses holds three heart-shaped posters.

Tips From the Heart, for the Heart

LeeAnn Martinez

Connecting with LeeAnn Martinez

Among UArizona Health Sciences’ first Black faculty in their college, department, division or role are (from left) Nafis Shamsid-Deen, MD, FCCP; Victoria Murrain, DO; Jocelyn Nelms, MS, NEd, RN; Sheila Hill Parker, DrPH, MPH, MS; James C. Dunn, Sr., MD; and Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, PhD, MPH, MBA.

Health Sciences Black Faculty on Diversity, Inspiring Change