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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

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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

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Faculty from both colleges of medicine win ArMA awards

Researchers from the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will use a $750,000 grant to train graduate students whose career paths support the mission of the Industrial Hygiene Program.

Occupational safety and health training program grant renewed

(From left) Jennifer Bea, PhD, and Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD, lead “Student Transformative Experiences to Progress Undergraduate and Graduate Professionals,” or “STEP-UP,” a 10-week, full-time summer program aimed at motivating students to pursue a career in cancer prevention science.

Grant provides cancer research training experience to expand workforce for cancer prevention and control

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. Bridget Murphy recognized with Career Development Award

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. Paloma Beamer appointed to National Academies committee

A $10 million grant from the EPA will allow researchers to advance environmental justice, which is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.

EPA awards UArizona $10M for new environmental justice center

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Dr. Victoria Maizes receives integrative medicine honor

Five junior faculty members beginning independent research projects are receiving funding through the University of Arizona Health Sciences Career Development Award program.

Five UArizona Health Sciences researchers selected for Career Development Awards

COVID-19 public health emergency declarations have expired, but millions of people are suffering from a wide range on ongoing and complicated health conditions that can last weeks, months or even years.

Fighting the second pandemic: long COVID

Two female faculty in graduation regalia place a sash over the shouldders of a smiling female graduate while another female faculty member looks on.

Zuckerman College of Public Health honors 203 graduates