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A close-up, high-angle shot of a person in a lab setting, wearing blue latex gloves. The person is using a long, thin metal tool to transfer a substance to a clear plastic plate with multiple wells, some of which contain a pink liquid. In the background, a pipette and other lab equipment are visible on a stainless steel surface.

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

Kathleen “Kathie” Insel, PhD, RN, has been named interim dean of the College of Nursing, effective June 1.

Insel Appointed Interim Dean of UArizona College of Nursing

Shirin Doroudgar, PhD

Dr. Shirin Doroudgar Earns Health Sciences Career Development Award

Tara Sklar, professor of health law and director of the Health, Law and Policy program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, holds her father’s hand for the last time while he was in hospice. (photo courtesy of Tara Sklar)

Turning Childhood Trauma Into Advocacy for Older Adults

Meet a Medical Student Hoping to Improve Mental Health Services

Matthew Dodson, PhD

Dr. Matthew Dodson Earns Health Sciences Career Development Award

Sabrina Plattner (third from right), senior health educator at the Zuckerman College of Public Health, has dedicated her career to promoting programs that foster healthy lifestyle principles for eating and exercise to reduce childhood obesity.

Continuing a Legacy of Health Education and Outreach

Soil and dust ingestion by children can be a major source of exposure to chemicals such as lead, arsenic, pesticides and more.

EPA-funded Study Will Measure Soil and Dust Ingestion Levels in US Children

Public health undergraduate students are all smiles as they prepared to enter Centennial Hall for the 2022 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health spring convocation.

Zuckerman College of Public Health Graduates 286 Students

Asmaa AbuMaziad, MD

Dr. Asmaa AbuMaziad Earns Career Development Award

Ahlam Althobaiti, PharmD, is hooded by John Regan, PhD, for earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree during the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy 2022 spring convocation at Centennial Hall.

R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy Celebrates 198 Graduates

Ayman Fanous, MD, the new psychiatry chair at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, sees “precision psychiatry” as the wave of the future in behavioral health. Knowledge of an individual’s genetic makeup will allow us to develop safer and more effective treatment plans, he says.

Dr. Ayman Fanous Finds Music Among Tools to Explore the Mind

The All of Us Research Program has made nearly 100,000 highly diverse whole genome sequences available to researchers. About 50% of the genomes are from individuals who identify with racial or ethnic groups that historically have been underrepresented in research.

All of Us Research Program Releases 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences to Support Research Into Hundreds of Diseases