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Frank von Hippel, PhD, oversees a threespine stickleback fish lab that he believes will create new research collaborations and opportunities to improve human health.

A recent study conducted by Drs. Melissa Furlong and Paloma Beamer investigated the association between pesticide exposure during pregnancy and the risk of stillbirth. The study, which utilized data from the Arizona Pesticide Use Registry alongside birth certificate data in the state, aimed to assess the impact of various pesticide exposures on stillbirth risk.

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are potentially life-threatening lung conditions that make it difficult to breathe. Around 40 years ago, there were theories that asthma and COPD could have causes originating in early life, but they were just that – theories.

The Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism is focusing on Latino community health while facilitating research through a specialized biobank.

The class of chemicals known as PFAS has generated a lot of attention recently, as experts work to understand how they can affect human health.

Since they don’t break down, it allows them to travel long distances through the environment, and accumulate in our bodies. The EPA also recently put limits on the so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water. Some Arizona communities have been dealing with PFAS in their water supplies, as well.

The Healthy Dose asked board-certified allergist Tara Carr, MD, a member of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center and an associate professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine—Tucson who sees patients at the Allergy and Immunology Clinic at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, what people need to know about SMART therapy.