Environmental Exposures in Underserved Southwest Populations (RFG1) News

Jessica Rainbow, PhD, RN, an associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, was inducted into the Western Academy of Nurses during the Western Institute of Nursing Conference in early April.

Innovations from the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson, the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center and the BIO5 Institute are targeting the deeper causes of asthma and COPD.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A grant from the American Cancer Society will allow researchers to develop a comprehensive picture of the factors that may contribute to increased cancer risk in some neighborhoods.

Investigators at the Zuckerman College of Public Health led a study that found negative mental health conditions among women firefighters may reduce levels of key hormone associated with ovarian reserve