Health & Wellness

Camila Hurtado created her own roadmap to medicine, inspired by her patients and mentored by faculty at the College of Medicine – Tucson. She is now poised to become an ear, nose and throat surgeon.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will establish the Gulshan Sethi, MD Endowed Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery through $1 million in gifts and commitments.

Several U of A graduate programs across many fields of study have once again been recognized as among the best in the United States in U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools rankings.

For the first time in Tucson, and across the Banner Health system, a living donor kidney removal has been performed using robotic surgery.

Researchers at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy will begin a double-blind, randomized Phase 3 clinical trial this year to evaluate whether a drug used to prevent organ transplant rejection can also improve older adults' resilience and immune function.

Matthias Mehl, a psychology professor at the University of Arizona spoke about why losing a few hundred words per day each year matters more than it seems.

Faculty members across disciplines have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, bringing the U of A's total number of elected fellows to 30.

On Match Day, fourth-year medical students at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson and College of Medicine – Phoenix found out where they will do their residencies in their chosen specialties.

A generous $1 million gift from John and Valli Duval will provide enduring support for cancer research and clinical innovation at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center.

A new U of A study links exposures to agricultural pesticides to poorer health in newborns, raising questions about how farming chemicals affect the next generation.