Health Sciences Center

The University of New Mexico men’s and women’s basketball teams host the annual ‘Lobos Love Pink’ games to raise breast cancer awareness and to honor all those who face it. On Saturday, Feb. 10, the UNM women's basketball team tips off against Air Force...

One of the keys to successful work in a community-engaged  approach to preventing disease and promoting healthy living is the creation of mutually beneficial partnerships. In community-based research, the inclusion of participants in every aspect of a...

This flu season is still in full swing, and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is doing its part to help keep the community safe. The UNM Medical Group is offering free flu shots for community members ages nine and up. The drive-thru...

The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compile a list of its top-10 research news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of...

Two Distinguished Professors from The University of New Mexico, Plamen Atanassov and Dr. Cheryl Willman, were among a cohort of 155 inventors from around the world elected as 2017 National Academy of Inventors Fellows. Atanassov and Willman, who were...

Around the world, nearly 36 million people are living with HIV. The virus continues to be a major public health issue, having claimed the lives of more than 39 million since 1981. The University of New Mexico Truman Health Services and the Names Project...

A free public event celebrating the publishing of Community-Based Participatory Research for Health, Advancing Social and Health Equity – third edition – is planned for Nov. 18, 2-5 p.m., at the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, 7851 2nd St. SW in...

The Jonathan Mann Health and Human Rights Lecture, an Annual College of Population Health Lecture is set for Monday, Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall Rm. 101. The lecture, titled “Global Health Equity and Urban Design” features Dr. Marco Akerman, a...

The University of New Mexico Hospitals’ 2017-18 flu-shot campaign kicks off Oct. 7 and includes 20 Saturday community clinics through Dec. 2. UNM’s primary care clinics will see adults and children six months and older, while its specialty care clinics...

Normally, medical students don’t get an introduction into the kitchen during the course of their academic careers. Now, a new interdisciplinary course, between The University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine and the College of Education, is designed to...