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A group of students smile together while gathering around a table decorated in a red cloth with red and blue balloons in the background.

First Doctor of Physical Therapy Program students begin studies

The Class of 2028 met for the first time and kicked off its three-year journey in the long-awaited program.

Nursing student Misty L. Pagán, DNP, poses for a photo in an outdoor setting. She is wearing a white coat over a blue dress and has a stethoscope wrapped around her neck.

From grief to purpose: How a PhD student discovered her calling in nursing

A researcher wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves holds a petri dish up to her face, examining it closely in a laboratory setting.

AZBio Awards to honor two U of A faculty members, startup company

An action photo of a football player wearing a white helmet, blue jersey and white pants trimmed in red and blue while running a football.

Athletes team up with the Valley Fever Center for Excellence

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

The Noteworthy American Women Project will be on display on the first floor of the Health Sciences Education Building, on the Phoenix Bioscience Core campus through August 31, 2022.

Noteworthy American Women Project: Nevertheless She Persisted

Pristine Mei and Brandon Ngo, announced that they were couple-matched to University of California-Davis during the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day 2022 event.

It’s a Match! Celebrations at College of Medicine – Phoenix

It’s a Match! Students Celebrate at Colleges of Medicine

Health Sciences Sensor Lab Open for Collaboration

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Breaks Ground

First lady Jill Biden, EdD, spoke with members of the UArizona Cancer Center and the Tohono O’odham Nation during her visit to the San Xavier Health Center to promote the Cancer Moonshot initiative on March 8, 2022.

First Lady Touts UArizona Cancer Center’s Tribal Outreach

Even gravity can’t hold back the excitement David Ahmadian feels as he and his fellow class of 2024 College of Medicine – Tucson students emerge from their twice-postponed white coat ceremony in late February.

Third Time’s a Charm: COM-T Class of ’24 Get Their White Coats

Insee Ekstrom checks to see if Hal, the young manikin, is breathing at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) booth, where they taught CPR and airway skills during the recent Family SciFest at Children's Museum Tucson.

Health Sciences is a Hit with Kids at Family SciFest Event

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, (right) recently visited the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center to observe second year Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) students during their simulation. Instead of just observing, he was pressed into service as the surgeon during one simulation. CRNA students Alexa Deng, RN, (left) and Phillip Bullington, RN, assisted Dr. Robbins as he intubated a manikin.

President Robbins Participates in CRNA Simulation Intensive

Christiana Billedalley, who completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, is hooded during the College of Nursing convocation in December at Centennial Hall.

College of Nursing Honors Graduates During Fall Convocation

Kathleen C. Insel, PhD, RN, director of Innovations in Healthy Aging at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, presents a mobile app demonstration on “Smart and Adaptive Living for Emotional and Physical Health” at the event.

HealthTech Connect Focuses on Innovations in Healthy Aging

Jennie Joe, PhD, MPH, professor emerita, Family and Community Medicine, smiles after revealing the sign for the newly named Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health in late October.

Renamed Center Honors Arizona’s First Native American Doctor