The University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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Substance use disorder is a stubborn, multifactorial disease whose devastating impacts reverberate across New Mexico, but one research program based at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is focused on making a difference. The Southwest...
Danielle Cummings, who will graduate from The University of New Mexico School of Medicine in May 2026, hasn’t just defied the odds—she has rewritten what people thought those odds were in the first place. When doctors told her she probably wouldn’t run...
The University of New Mexico Hospital has been certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission—becoming the only hospital in New Mexico to hold the nation’s highest designation for stroke care. The certification recognizes UNM Hospital...
All types of brain cancers collectively have a five‑year survival rate of just 33%, according to the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. For a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, however, the five-year...
