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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

College of Medicine – Tucson Medical Students to Receive White Coats

Steven Dudley, PharmD, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, said the center handled 10,000 calls on one day after pivoting to become a COVID-19 information center.

How Pharmacy’s Poison Center Team Pivoted to Fight COVID-19

Terpenes are found in many plants, and new research has demonstrated a terpene/cannabinoid interaction that showed positive results in controlling pain.

Study Shows Cannabis Terpenes Provide Pain Relief, Contribute to ‘Entourage Effect’

Art in Medicine Program Wins 2021 Governor’s Arts Award

A new study examined how specific bacteria alter the vaginal microenvironment and ultimately influence the balance between health and disease.

Bacteria Are Key to Vaginal Health, UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Say

Virtual events are here to stay so finding the right platform and process will help you make the right presentation.

Applying What We've Learned About Hosting Virtual Events

Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, founded the multidisciplinary Center for Innovation in Brain Science in 2016 to find cures for neurodegenerative brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and ALS.

Connecting with Director Brinton: Lifting all Brains

Women on hormone therapy were less likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, according to a University of Arizona Health Sciences study. The findings could lead to the development of a precision medicine approach to preventing neurodegenerative diseases.

Researchers Take a Step Toward Advancing Precision Hormone Therapies to Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk

Helpers Stay Quit is the first study to examine the effects of the helper-therapy principle – the idea that receiving help from people who are also in recovery results in lower relapse rates and is beneficial for maintaining abstinence – on smokers and former smokers.

‘Helpers Stay Quit’ Study Seeks to Keep Newly Quit Smokers from Relapsing

Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the Sarver Heart Center (right) and Carol Gregorio, PhD, co-director of the Sarver Heart Center, view collaboration across disciplines as key to future success for the center.

Collaboration at the Heart of 35 Years of Success for Sarver Heart Center

Amanda Wilson, PhD, MS

Dr. Amanda Wilson Honored with Health Sciences Career Development Award

Chris Herring, DNP, CRNA, demonstrates lumbar puncture techniques to Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) students at ASTEC. The ACAGNP clinicians use this technique to collect samples of cerebral spinal fluid to assist in the diagnosis of diseases of the neurological system.

In-person DNP Clinical Skills Intensives Resume at ASTEC