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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

A new study found that adult lung health can be influenced by nutritional problems during pregnancy, low birth weights for gestational age and being underweight in childhood.

Undernourished Infants at Risk for Lung Restriction, Weaker Health as Adults, UArizona Health Sciences Study Finds

Joe Gerald, MD, PhD

Dr. Joe Gerald Receives Public Health Research Award

“There's an undeniable link between opioids and their ability to modulate pain, but also their negative side effects in producing addiction,” said Frank Porreca, PhD, co-principal investigator on a $6.6 million grant to build the Center of Excellence for Addiction Studies. “We want to create new approaches to treat addiction.”

Fostering Addiction Research Through Collaboration

For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 12-month estimate of more than 100,000 deaths from opioid overdoses in the U.S. Collaborative efforts that will be fostered through the new Center of Excellence for Addiction Studies will be vital to help find solutions to end the opioid epidemic.

New UArizona Health Sciences Center Will Expand Research Opportunities to Address Addiction

A Health Sciences strategic initiative is allowing postdoctoral researchers like Yeucheng Xi, PhD, to pursue work to create defenses against disease.

Aiming at a New Target to Stop a Widespread Common Virus

Stethoscope on pride flag.

Virtual Symposium Will Address Issues Affecting LGBTQIA+ Communities

Public Health Researchers Join Statewide Initiative to Prepare for Climate Impacts

University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson researchers are working to identify the mechanisms that cause cataracts in the hopes of developing new targets for potential treatments.

Maintaining Transparency: Study to Focus on Causes of Cataracts

Michael D.J. Johnson, PhD

Duke Honors Dr. Michael Johnson with Changemaker Award

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, (right) recently visited the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center to observe second year Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) students during their simulation. Instead of just observing, he was pressed into service as the surgeon during one simulation. CRNA students Alexa Deng, RN, (left) and Phillip Bullington, RN, assisted Dr. Robbins as he intubated a manikin.

President Robbins Participates in CRNA Simulation Intensive

Janiel Cragun, MD

Dr. Janiel Cragun Honored by March of Dimes Arizona

A $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow researchers to determine if changes in knee structure during aging can predict pain, functional limitations and the need for future knee replacements.

New UArizona Health Sciences Study to Focus on Link Between Knee Aging and Osteoarthritis