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Tery’ance Horace sits at a table with textbooks in front of him talking to a woman in front of a VETS Military Connected Student Center sign.

Air Force veteran finds new home with MEPN program

Tery’ance Horace traded wings for scrubs and a fresh career at the U of A College of Nursing

A mole on a person's skin is surrounding by a handwritten circle and numbers in purple ink.

U of A researchers awarded federal grant to explore topical immunoprevention for skin cancer

A nursing instructor stands next to a manikin and points out parts of its body as she instructs five students. All the students and the instructor are wearing white lab coats.

Shaping tomorrow’s nurses: New DNP specialty trains the educators and leaders health care needs most

A pregnant woman, whose belly is showing, holds two plates of food in her outstretched hands. On one plate is a salad. On the other plate are a couple of large doughnuts.

NIH grant will help probe ‘nutritional memory’ to increase understanding of food choices

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, a UArizona psychologist and behavioral scientist on sleep health, is featured in a documentary, “The Quest for Sleep,” which can be seen Aug. 21 at The Loft Cinema in Tucson.

Put Down the Phone, Catch Better Zzzzs with Michael Grandner

Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, lived through an epidemic as a boy before becoming an internationally recognized immunologist and gerontologist.

Understanding Infectious Diseases to Improve Health

Velia Leybas Nuño, PhD, MSW, assistant professor of practice at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has dedicated her career to helping young people feel seen and heard. She is the director of the Bachelor of Arts in Wellness and Health Promotion Practice program and a founding member of the recently revitalized Adelante, Nuestro Futuro conference for Latinx girls and their female guardians.

Dr. Velia Leybas Nuño: A Champion for the Next Generation

College of Medicine – Tucson student Leenda Osman checks a young patient’s ear at the Rocky Point Medical Centers in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. Volunteers from the MexZona student group at the College of Medicine – Tucson and the Migrant Health Interest Group and Global Health Program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix provide free clinical services to underserved patients in marginalized communities.

Mexico Trips Give Chance for Experience, Empathy, Engagement

I am Health Sciences: Will Holst

A One Health Approach for Better Health Solutions

Syed Shujaat Ali Zaidi, PhD, (left) and Rudramani Pokhrel, PhD (right), are working with researchers to apply computational techniques to rapidly accelerate the pace of host-microbe research as part of Personalized Defense, a University of Arizona Health Sciences initiative.

Harnessing the Power of Bioinformatics to Advance Research

Patricia Lebensohn, MD, originally planned to work as a psychiatrist in her native Argentina before being drawn to family medicine in the U.S.

Connecting with Patricia Lebensohn

Jared and Kat Alvarado are funeral directors for the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Willed Body Program, which accepts whole body donations committed by Arizonans before they die to be used as educational tools after their deaths.

Married Couple are ‘Heart and Soul’ of Willed Body Program

The Phoenix Bioscience Core will house the new Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, with space for academic and research activities, as well as collaboration spaces to serve academic, research and community needs.

CAMI Set to Transform Immunotherapy Field Through Research

Diverse Research Drives Future of Precision Medicine

Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH, a behavioral scientist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, shows a child how to use a stock inhaler to control asthma. She encouraged the Arizona Legislature to pass a 2017 law to improve access to inhalers and broaden who could administer them to students.

School Asthma Expert Dr. Lynn Gerald Lightens Her Load