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The University of Arizona is studying how neighborhood environments may contribute to obesity-related cancer risk, with a new $1.2 million grant from the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Chris Lim, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Zuckerman College of Public Health and lead researcher on the project, said the study will provide a more comprehensive understanding of environmental factors that may increase cancer risk.

Scientists at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center are hoping the answer to that question will be found in the Binational Early Asthma and Microbiome Study, or BEAMS. Researchers are following pregnant women and their babies to learn how early-life environmental exposures and factors such as dust, water and diet affect asthma risk.

SWEHSC had the pleasure of hosting a “What’s Brewing in Your Lab” session featuring Dr. Chris Lim and his students from the Health & Urban Modeling (HUM) Lab, who shared their impactful environmental research. A total of 9 students presented on a diverse range of topics, including air pollution, U.S. infrastructure, healthcare accessibility, and playground shade structures.

Carroll co-founded the U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and directs the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance. Both are groups that work to research and strengthen Indigenous data governance, accuracy and data-driven policy.

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects.

Scientists from about a dozen universities and government labs in California and elsewhere have converged on LA neighborhoods to help answer questions about the environmental and health threats posed by conflagrations that are part wildfire, part house fire.

Heat-related deaths are becoming more common, especially in Arizona, where the temperatures have grown significantly hotter each year. Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths, followed by rip currents and tornadoes.

Nathan J. Cherrington, PhD, the Musil Family Endowed Chair in Drug Discovery, professor and associate dean for research at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, has been awarded the Society of Toxicology 2025 Mentoring Award.

The 2025 One Health Symposium brought together leading researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from across the University of Arizona on Friday, February 7, at the UA Student Union North Ballroom for a day of cutting-edge scientific discussions and interdisciplinary collaboration.

For two decades, the ARLIS library checked out taxidermy pieces to the public, only to later discover they contained arsenic, mercury and lead. Following the discovery, the taxidermy collection was removed with no public explanation.