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Faculty News - December 2022

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$10.8M Initiative Unites Engineering and Health Researchers to Improve Cancer Treatments

A University of Arizona project, with funding from the state's New Economy Initiative, creates humanlike cancer models and growth environments to help improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
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Undergraduate Research Program Will Take Community-Based Approach to Arizona Health Challenges

A health-informatics training initiative funded by the National Library of Medicine aims to get future researchers PHIREd up about addressing close-to-home health, environmental and engineering issues.
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Vision Society Adds Forward-Looking Professor to 2023 Class of Fellows

The recognition marks Wolfgang Fink’s sixth overall fellowship, and the fourth in a national or international society.