Brain Image New $3.8M NIH grant funds research on 'mind after midnight' as a suicide risk factor May 21, 2026 BIO5 member Michael Grandner is leading new University of Arizona research supported by a $3.8 million National Institutes of Health grant exploring how being awake in the middle of the night may affect decision-making and suicide risk. Read more in U of A News Image New Study Discovers More Than 100 Genetic Links to Schizophrenia March 27, 2026 BIO5 member Ayman Fanous led the largest genetic study of schizophrenia in people of African ancestry, identifying more than 100 new genome regions linked to the condition and advancing understanding across populations. Read more in College of Medicine - Phoenix Image How a brain parasite persists — and the scientist studying it March 16, 2026 Chandrasekaran “Arun” Sambamurthy at the University of Arizona studies how the parasite Toxoplasma survives inside the human brain, research shaped in part by the BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Read more
Image New $3.8M NIH grant funds research on 'mind after midnight' as a suicide risk factor May 21, 2026 BIO5 member Michael Grandner is leading new University of Arizona research supported by a $3.8 million National Institutes of Health grant exploring how being awake in the middle of the night may affect decision-making and suicide risk. Read more in U of A News
Image New Study Discovers More Than 100 Genetic Links to Schizophrenia March 27, 2026 BIO5 member Ayman Fanous led the largest genetic study of schizophrenia in people of African ancestry, identifying more than 100 new genome regions linked to the condition and advancing understanding across populations. Read more in College of Medicine - Phoenix
Image How a brain parasite persists — and the scientist studying it March 16, 2026 Chandrasekaran “Arun” Sambamurthy at the University of Arizona studies how the parasite Toxoplasma survives inside the human brain, research shaped in part by the BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Read more
