Leaders in Scientific Discovery
We’re educating and training the next generation of investigators, who will change lives by making new discoveries and pushing today’s medical advances even further.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is a leader in scientific discovery, innovation and translational research for precision medicine. Collaborations and partnerships among faculty, patients and community members are the key components, aligning with broader university initiatives and the Banner – University Medicine strategic priorities. Our interdisciplinary research teams are accelerating discovery to deliver precision medicine for the best patient and population outcomes while increasing extramural research funding to enable a state-wide, national and global impact.
U of A Office of Research and Partnerships
College of Medicine – Tucson investigators needing assistance should contact the ORP Research Administration Office.
![[Fernando Martinez, MD, director of the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, Regents Professor and the Swift-McNear Professor of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine – Tucson, was senior author on the paper which appears in Nature Communications. Other authors included Anthony Bosco, PhD, Tara Carr, MD, and Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH.]](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2026-07/Fernando-Martinez_04232021_klh9434_HERO-1200x675px.jpg.webp?itok=5Szv4RL0)
![[Dr. Juanita Merchant, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Regents Professor of Medicine and Physiology in the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson]](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2026-06/Merchant-Juanita-MD-PhD_klh0461_HERO.jpg.webp?h=0bd938b3&itok=tCNVnY-o)