The college was recognized for its strength in diversity and its graduates, who are filling a national need for physicians in rural and health professional shortage areas.

Incoming College of Medicine – Tucson medical students will receive their white coats, representative of their future profession, on July 26 at Centennial Hall.

A study identified a viable path to developing a novel therapy that would make opioids more effective and safer as a treatment for chronic pain.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medicine Tucson have appointed Lisa Rimsza, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, effective July 1.

New research identified functional differences between males and females in the nerve cells that produce pain, which could lead to new precision medicine treatments for chronic pain.

Brain metastases are the most prevalent adult central nervous system tumors, with 20% to 30% of cases resulting from breast cancer patients.

Nocturnal wakefulness is associated with death by both suicide and homicide, possibly driven by deficits in behavioral and emotional regulation.

A College of Medicine – Tucson team tested the pain-relieving ability of five terpenes with promising results.

Researchers are meeting where the science of computed tomography intersects with policies and practices to ensure that publicly funded data collection can be made widely available and understandable by diverse communities.

Dr. Paul Larson envisions a future for functional neurosurgery that relies on precise delivery of cell-altering genes and lab-grown brain cells.