In April, after two years of virtual events, the UArizona College of Medicine — Tucson hosted an in-person “Second Look” for the prospective class of 2026.

The U.S. physician shortage is especially notable in Arizona, which ranks 42nd in the nation for the number of active primary care physicians relative to the population, according to a 2019 report by the University of Arizona Center for Rural Health.

An Innovations in Healthy Aging graduate program through the College of Law helps students better understand and advocate for older adults.

Researchers at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science received a MERIT award to continue studying the effects of estrogen on the brain during aging.

FDA-approved therapies for the management of painful diabetic neuropathy are very limited, said study first author Christian Nasr, MD, head of the division of endocrinology and internal medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science received a $2.7 million MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to continue work on the impact of estrogen as a master regulator of the brain’s bioenergetic system, which promotes glucose transport and metabolism and energy generation.

Drs. Mindy Fain, Kathleen Insel and Janko Nikolich-Žugich, experts in the health and wellness of the aging population, will deliver a combined keynote address at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s annual “Living Healthy With Arthritis” conference May 21.

Amid a day of joy and celebration, 72 newly minted physicians begin the next phase of their journeys.