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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.

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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

Two male researchers wearing dark safety glasses test a prototype of an imaging device in a lab. Behind them is a computer screen that shows an image of the sample being studied.

New imaging tech promises to help doctors better diagnose and treat skin cancers

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

A 13-year-old boy holds a medical tool against a model of a torso while a medical student in scrubs and two other middle schoolers watch.

Connect2STEM helps students explore health care fields

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AZBio Awards to honor two U of A faculty members, startup company

A medical student wearing a hijab is assisted in putting on a medical white coat by a professor in a medical white coat.

College of Medicine – Phoenix welcomes the Class of 2029

A person focuses on a fake head and eye using an ophthalmology simulator in the Center for Simulation and Innovation at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. Another person is blurred in the foreground.

Teachers step into health science students’ shoes to spark STEM futures

A woman wearing a facemask and stethoscope speaks with a mother with a baby on her lap

New U of A 3-year medical degree program receives ABOR approval

2 Health Sciences-led teams win awards in Big Idea Challenge

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Phoenix’s Yamoah and Chiamvimonvat make a great team

Steven Brown, MD, stand between his son Andrew and his wife Molly holding a framed certificate.

Steven Brown receives Zervanos leadership award

Jason Jameson, MD, hands award to Jennifer Hartmark-Hill.

Jennifer Hartmark-Hill receives association’s top award

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College of Medicine – Phoenix celebrates Class of 2025

Elizabeth Borden, PhD, holding her 3-year-old daughter, Miriam

Taking on cancer in the lab and at the clinic

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Health Sciences colleges merge art and humanities with science