Stories

Anna Williams prepares to load a flow cell into the PANDA Core for Genome and Microbiome Research’s NovaSeq 6000 genome sequencer. The flow cell is what DNA samples are pumped into and what they bind to as they’re processed into sequenced reads.

Health Sciences genome sequencers a leap forward for research

April 6, 2023

Devices allow Health Sciences and other college collaborators greater scale and cost-effective methods to improve care.

Members of the Health Sciences Research Administration’s Walkie Talkie teams walk regularly during lunch. There are four Walkie Talkie teams with a total of 26 members.

Move AZ improves health and community in Health Sciences

March 30, 2023

The program that promotes a healthy, active lifestyle has the added benefit of improving collaboration and comradery.

Sommer Aldulaimi, MD (second from right), with University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students Jasmine Locke, Lacey Culpepper and Pantea Sazegar, collaborated with and provided training to assist in opening the hospital newborn unit at the Songambele Health Centre in Tanzania in May 2022.

Around the world with Dr. Sommer Aldulaimi

March 20, 2023

Inspired by a mentor and her immigrant parents, Sommer Aldulaimi, MD, brings a world view to the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Global and Border Health program.

Match Day celebrations are a joyous turning point in pharmacy and medical students’ careers. They joy and anticipation marks the start of the next phase of their career with residency training.

Joy, anticipation part of Match Day memories

March 14, 2023

Whether planning, participating or watching a loved one, Health Sciences faculty and staff recall the range of emotions on pharmacy and medicine Match Days.

Rachna Shroff, MD, associate professor of medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has dedicated her career to caring for cancer patients and researching pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancer treatments.

Oscars Red Carpet Welcomed UArizona Cancer Center Researcher

March 9, 2023

Whether it is Bollywood dancing or hobnobbing with stars, Dr. Rachna Shroff fits it all in around her research on gastrointestinal cancer treatments.

Elizabeth Hall-Lipsy, JD, MPH, and Brian Erstad, PharmD, review the chapter Dr. Erstad wrote for a faculty survival guide that provides tips and what questions faculty should ask when being hired.

Early-Career Faculty Success Supported by Colleges

March 2, 2023

Health Sciences colleges support early-career faculty members with programs aimed at promotion and tenure.

Training first responders and health care providers how to help people who have been exposed to hazardous materials around the state and around the world is the mission of the Advanced Hazmat Life Support team.

Advanced Hazmat Life Support Keeps Good Chemicals from Going Bad

Feb. 20, 2023

Interdisciplinary program trains first responders how to treat people exposed to chemical, biological and radiological hazards at home during peacetime and in conflict zones during wartime.

Esteban Ramirez, a student from Pima County JTED, a technical education program for high school students, bumps fists with Nathan Cherrington, PhD (right), director of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, at a January tour of his lab in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy.

SWEHSC Delivers With Collaboration, Research Success

Feb. 16, 2023

The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center has shown a broad reach at the intersection of the environment and human health.

Connecting with LeeAnn Martinez

Feb. 6, 2023

All of Us’ new executive director is focusing on funding, retention and supporting the staff and researchers who utilize Workbench.

Among UArizona Health Sciences’ first Black faculty in their college, department, division or role are (from left) Nafis Shamsid-Deen, MD, FCCP; Victoria Murrain, DO; Jocelyn Nelms, MS, NEd, RN; Sheila Hill Parker, DrPH, MPH, MS; James C. Dunn, Sr., MD; and Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, PhD, MPH, MBA.

Health Sciences Black Faculty on Diversity, Inspiring Change

Feb. 2, 2023

Pioneering Black faculty reflect on their impact on UArizona Health Sciences, advocating for others.