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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

Through the Arizona Farmworker Enumeration Profiles Study, researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will produce current and credible counts of farmworkers and their household members in the state.

New study will count Arizona farmworkers to help reduce health disparities

Chidiebere “Peter” Echieh, MD, FWACS, is enhancing his research capabilities with skills acquired in the Data Science Fellows program while also learning how to turn discoveries in the lab into practical solutions in the Clinical Translational Sciences program.

Dynamic training prepares physician for career in research

AZ REACH is working to overcome health disparities in Arizona’s rural communities that were highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

AZ REACH program passes 3,000 patient transfers mark

An older man in a traditional Native American designed shirt touches the forehead of a young Native American woman with an eagle feather.

Colleges of medicine host traditional blessing ceremonies

Portrait of a white man with short gray hair and beard.

Public Health’s Krupp awarded Fulbright Global Scholar Award

(From left) Qusai Almustafa, a SensorLab intern, and Gustavo Almeida, PhD, SensorLab manager and former UArizona Health Sciences Data Science Fellow, demonstrate how wearable sensors enable Wes Gullett, director of operations for the WearTech Center in Phoenix, operate a robotic arm in the UArizona Health Sciences SensorLab during a tour sponsored by the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.

Collaboration, creativity is key to SensorLab’s success

Crowd of people in a cafe with a coffee bar in the foreground.

Hungry and thirsty Wildcats flock to Café Bolo grand opening

From her days as a graduate student to today as an assistant professor of practice at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, Nicole Henry, PharmD, has stepped up when her community needed her. Whether it was launching a student chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists or working to ensure her students had awareness of polypharmacy, in which patients are prescribed multiple medications to treat a single condition, Henry finds a way to make an impact.

Nicole Henry empowering health care from two directions

Fredric Edward Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA, will start Oct. 2 as dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. He has more than 30 years of experience in academic medicine and translational research and joins the university from Rutgers University.

Wondisford named dean of College of Medicine – Phoenix

Four female professors from the University of Arizona College of Nursing stand next to each other smiling and holding awards.

Western Academy of Nursing honors 4 from College of Nursing

Cancer Center Director Joann Sweasy, PhD, (right) speaks to the public at Rollies Mexican Patio in Tucson at the first of the center’s scientific cafes.

Cancer Center program connects scientists to the community

John Galgiani, MD, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, was a driving force behind the establishment of the center in 1996.

UArizona Valley fever expert Galgiani to receive lifetime achievement award