April 26, 2023 UArizona ranks 29 among top 100 universities granted US utility patents in 2022 UArizona inventors were issued 92 patents in 2022 for innovations that included a technique for imaging cancer cells, a wearable 3D augmented reality display and an antioxidant sunscreen.
April 19, 2023 Researchers unlock new answers in quest for safer, more effective opioid therapy Hsp90-inhibitor drugs in the spinal cord are showing promise as potential pain therapeutics, finds a new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers.
March 29, 2023 UArizona making a splash with para swimming program UArizona is home to the nation's first collegiate para swimming program, which will soon wrap up its second season. The coach and founding members are looking forward to growing the team in the fall.
March 20, 2023 Match Day begins countdown to medical students' careers in medicine On Match Day, fourth-year students at the university's College of Medicine – Tucson and College of Medicine – Phoenix learned where they will spend the next three to seven years of their careers as physicians.
Feb. 21, 2023 UArizona Health Sciences post gains in Blue Ridge rankings Increases in National Institutes of Health awards to several UArizona Health Sciences colleges led to a strong showing in the annual rankings.
Dec. 14, 2022 $10.8M initiative unites engineering and health researchers to improve cancer treatments With funding from the state's New Economy Initiative, researchers are working to develop precision cancer treatments using 3D-printed environments that mimic human tissue.
Dec. 8, 2022 UArizona nutrition expert named to National Academy of Inventors Floyd "Ski" Chilton, a professor of nutritional sciences and director of the university's Center for Precision Nutrition and Wellness, has received the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
Dec. 5, 2022 UArizona Health Sciences researchers awarded $7.3M to study long COVID The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention selected the University of Arizona Health Sciences as one of five national sites that will be tracking the burden, distribution and impact of post COVID-19 conditions.
Nov. 23, 2022 Study aims to reduce cancer risk among firefighters A $4 million Regents' Research Grant will allow researchers from UArizona and Arizona State University to test new ways to reduce the risk of occupation-related cancer for firefighters.
Nov. 16, 2022 Morning blue light treatment improves sleep in patients with PTSD People with post-traumatic stress disorder experience better sleep, a reduction in the severity of PTSD symptoms and more effective treatments after exposure to blue light therapy, UArizona Health Sciences researchers found.