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Photo of Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, standing at a podium in front of a table full of people. A projector screen at the front of the room reads “Welcome. What a first month this has been.”

April 23, 2026

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

A man and a woman pose for a photo while holding a framed document between them.

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

Four members of a surgical team stand side by side in an operating room.

U of A, Banner Health perform Tucson's first robotic kidney donation surgery

A bald young woman holding a poster that says “Way to Go Jackie” stands in between two women in scrubs.

Arizona Tech Week conference puts patients’ experiences in the spotlight

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Data science fellows apply the technical training they learn through the year-long program to the research they are doing in the laboratory.

Training and Retaining Home-grown Data Scientists

Allison J. Huff, DHEd

Dr. Allison Huff Recognized with Career Development Award

The Innovations in Healthy Aging Summit will feature panels on topics concerning the needs of an older population, including telehealth to improve aging in place; fraud, abuse and consumer protection; aging well; and aging trends and perspectives.

Washington Summit to Focus on Healthy Aging

Julie Ledford, PhD, co-director of the Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program, is an associate professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

Ledford Named Co-director of UArizona Health Sciences Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program

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