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Firefighters wash each other off on a street in between their vehicles.

New study identifies key predictors of PFAS levels in US career firefighters

Findings provide vital insights into the factors that influence PFAS body burdens in firefighters and is a critical step toward protecting their long-term health.

An older woman suffering from apparent heat-related distress sits and holds a container of water as a man presses a cloth to her forehead and a second woman fans her with a wide-brimmed hat.

Study finds increase in EMS calls due to extreme heat among vulnerable populations

An illustration shows the lymphatic system of a man's upper torso.

ARPA-H award will fund creation of portable lymphatic imaging scanner

'Trojan horse' may deliver toxic dose of copper to bacterial colonies, including drug-resistant MRSA infections

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Two young girls look at a display that reads “Practice Being in Pharmacy” as three young women standing behind posterboards point things out to them.

Wonder for all: A day of hands-on health adventures

University of Arizona celebrates new AI-powered MRI and BIO5 Brain & Body Imaging Center

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

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

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

aerial drone photograph of University of Arizona campus with health sciences buildings and Banner hospital

A decade of impact: the U of A/Banner academic medicine partnership

Photo of several people chatting together in a circular room filled with examining tables in the new lab space of the University of Arizona School of Health Professions Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant studios.

Doctor of Physical Therapy Program kicks off with open house

Rebuilding nature’s blueprint to target cancer

Six white robot arms working on blue circles on a semiconductor manufacturing line

Leveraging research, industry expertise to speed biomedical breakthroughs

A person focuses on a fake head and eye using an ophthalmology simulator in the Center for Simulation and Innovation at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. Another person is blurred in the foreground.

Teachers step into health science students’ shoes to spark STEM futures

Portrait of Alejandro Vazquez, PharmD, standing outside smiling.

Alejandro Vazquez lets his lived experience do the teaching

A graduate student, pointing to a small digital monitor, explains a research poster to a faculty mentor

Can AI and a smartphone improve mental health treatment?