Health & Wellness Image Groundbreaking metabolism research receives $6.8 million in funding Nov. 20, 2025 BIO5 member Yanqiao Zhang was awarded $6.8M to study how liver metabolism, including cholesterol processing and liver-heart communication, affects obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Read more in College of Medicine-Phoenix Image U of A Superfund Research Center secures $14.8M NIEHS grant to combat hazardous dust effects in Southwest Nov. 4, 2025 BIO5 member Raina Maier, Xinxin Ding, and Yin Chen are part of a $14.8 million National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant supporting new research to understand and reduce health risks from metalloid-contaminated dust in Southwestern mining communities. Read more in U of A News Image Three U of A faculty honored by American College of Medical Informatics Oct. 24, 2025 Interim BIO5 director Vignesh Subbian and BIO5 member Justin Starren were honored by the American College of Medical Informatics for their leadership in biomedical informatics and health data science, along with Jose Fernando Florez-Arango. Read more in U of A Research & Partnerships
Image Groundbreaking metabolism research receives $6.8 million in funding Nov. 20, 2025 BIO5 member Yanqiao Zhang was awarded $6.8M to study how liver metabolism, including cholesterol processing and liver-heart communication, affects obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Read more in College of Medicine-Phoenix
Image U of A Superfund Research Center secures $14.8M NIEHS grant to combat hazardous dust effects in Southwest Nov. 4, 2025 BIO5 member Raina Maier, Xinxin Ding, and Yin Chen are part of a $14.8 million National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant supporting new research to understand and reduce health risks from metalloid-contaminated dust in Southwestern mining communities. Read more in U of A News
Image Three U of A faculty honored by American College of Medical Informatics Oct. 24, 2025 Interim BIO5 director Vignesh Subbian and BIO5 member Justin Starren were honored by the American College of Medical Informatics for their leadership in biomedical informatics and health data science, along with Jose Fernando Florez-Arango. Read more in U of A Research & Partnerships
