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National Cancer Institute Includes Travis Sawyer in Second Cohort of Early Investigator Advancement Program

Travis Sawyer, PhD is one among twenty-five scholars selected from across the country for the second annual cohort. In 2021 NCI launched the program to, "facilitate the advancement of scientists from diverse backgrounds to become independent investigators."

Delivering Health Care Solutions Through Device Design

A University of Arizona Health Sciences Design course teaches students to use a human-centered approach to develop new technologies to improve lives.

Data Mining Collaboration Brings Researchers Together

Researchers at UArizona Health Sciences and the Eller College of Management are using data mining to improve medical communication and diagnoses.

Students Learn Design Thinking in Unique Research Project

It was the beginning of fall semester 2020, and Sydney Phan was logging into a new course at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. The goal of the course was to find ways of using artificial intelligence to improve patient-provider interactions. Once students received that directive, the rest was up to them.

Health Sciences Leaders Help Drive VIP Program Successes

Following startup efforts by Health Sciences Design (HSD) and other campus units, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) recently established its own centralized program administration. Martha Bhattacharya, PhD, assistant professor of neuroscience at the University of Arizona, and Leah Callovini, MS, a doctoral student at the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will lead VIP as its faculty director and undergraduate research coordinator.

Martha Bhattacharya and Leah Callovini Join Growing VIP Program as New Leaders

Bhattacharya and Callovini will help lead the program that focuses on student research, creative inquiry and service learning.

Finding a Career Calling in the Health Sciences Sensor Lab

As a child growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo de Oliveira Almeida, PhD, never had a dream job. A curious problem-solver with a knack for acquiring new technical skills, he went on to work as a logistics technician for a steel company, a research assistant for a multilateral international development bank and a government consultant.

BIO5 Funding Mechanisms Enable Catalytic Discovery

The BIO5 Institute supports innovative projects and new ideas to further interdisciplinary early-stage research by funding seed, pilot, and equipment grants. 

Health Sciences Recipients of the Fall 2021 Provost's Investment Fund Award

Proposals from the University of Arizona Health Sciences, College of Medicine – Tucson and the College of Pharmacy are among the recipients of the Fall 2021 Provost's Investment Fund (PIF). 

Portable Inflatable Ocean Space Habitat

A shy hammerhead shark dances, warily, around two delighted divers. 

When it’s time to rest or hide, the divers slip into a remarkable underwater tent that offers them a dry space to decompress, talk, even eat — and extend their workday under the sea off Andros Island, east of Miami.