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UANews | The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health has expanded public health academics in Phoenix. The first Phoenix class consists of 13 students enrolled in the master of public health program in public health practice.

UANews | Collections of new small molecules with the potential to become important in the creation of new medications are under development by three UA researchers thanks to a $1.1 million three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.

UANews | Research by Dr. Janet Funk at the UA College of Medicine supports the potential health benefits of the spice turmeric, showing that it may be an effective resource for preventing bone loss, a significant concern for postmenopausal women.

UANews | More than 15 years in the making, Diamond Children's at University Medical Center will celebrate its formal opening Wednesday, Sept. 22, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The facility will open to the public Tuesday, Sept. 28.

UANews | UA surgery researchers have received a $1.2 million grant to monitor people with diabetes, helping to heal wounds and prevent foot amputations.

UANews | Liwen Lai, a research professor at the UA College of Pharmacy, will study a novel agent for treating acute kidney injury. Acute kidney injury is a serious condition with a mortality rate of 50 percent. It is estimated to affect more than a half-million people per year in the U.S.

UANews | Researchers from halfway around the globe will join forces with colleagues at the Arizona Cancer Center to jointly develop skin cancer prevention and treatment strategies.

UANews | Highlighted in the exhibit, which runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 31, are poster displays, computer modules, personal interviews and photographs of more than 1,200 student researchers.

UANews | The UA won an NSF grant to help fund a multiuser femtosecond laser facility. Understanding the behavior of sunlight the moment a photon hits the human body might, among other things, improve the early detection and treatment of disease, particularly cancer.

UANews | A recent discovery at the UA College of Medicine – that adult stem cells collected from fat tissue can be converted to cells that will grow cartilage tissue – has focused one Arizona Arthritis Center lab's research, promising new hope for osteoarthritis sufferers.   

UANews | UA psychology doctoral student Ashley Mason's study of romantically separated people shows they offer clues to their emotional status in just a few seconds of conversation.