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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.

Repurposed multiple sclerosis drug could help bones heal faster

Repurposed multiple sclerosis drug could help bones heal faster

A doctor applies sensors to the arm of a person sitting on a bed in a sleep lab while another person monitors the sensor output on a small digital device on the wall.

Putting sleep at the center of health care

An image if two liquid chemotherapy drugs in small bottles next to a needle laying on top of a plastic collection bag

Repackaged cancer drug boosts delivery to tumors, improves combination therapies

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Graphic with 23 small portraits of medical students in their white coats with the text, "2023 Primary Care Physician Scholarship Recipients."

2023 Primary Care Physician Scholarship recipients

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Alvarez inducted into AZ Pharmacy Association Hall of Fame

Diyana Ahmad, a second-year student at the Coit College of Pharmacy, holds a prescription bottle and discusses the medication with a male older adult patient.

Building bonds for better older adult health care

Soldiers crouching down and communicating

$1.5M DOD grant will create virtual reality test to assess TBI in the field

Happy senior woman and caregiver walking outdoors

Empowering loved ones: conquering the fear of falling

The Untangled Shadows art installation as seen from above.

Art engages more than just minds in Health Sciences

A rectangle image with six portraits of women with the words, "Women of Impact".

6 Health Sciences faculty named 2023 Women of Impact

Students take part in a clean-up activity in Willcox, Arizona.

AZ-HOPE receives $3.2M HRSA grant to support future health care professionals

When an astrocyte’s mitochondria (magenta) are impaired, they are unable to break down lipid waste (cyan), and the buildup of extra fat (white spots) might be accelerating the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Brain’s self-cleaning machinery may be key to Alzheimer’s

South Asian man with grey beard stands wearing a black suit, white shirt and red tie. His arms are folded and he is smiling.

Rehman receives Advocate for Internal Medicine Award

A powerful voice for her students

A 2018 predoctoral National Institutes of Health Translational Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias training grant that successfully trained 15 graduate students at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science has been renewed for five years.

NIA grant supports training of next generation of Alzheimer’s disease researchers