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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

Two men hold a giant pair of scissors as they prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon as a group of about 10 other people look on.

U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership

Two men and a woman, all dressed in hard hats and reflective mining jackets, looks at a mining facility in the distance. Their backs are to the camera.

U of A and mining company launch community health impact assessment in Santa Cruz County

A closeup of a long scar on a woman's shoulder.

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Dr. Michael D.L. Johnson

Society Honors Dr. Michael Johnson for Diversity Promotion  

Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, has received the Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year award from the Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio), for his work on aging, immunology, and COVID-19 testing and prevention.

UArizona Health Sciences Immunologist Nikolich-Žugich Named Researcher of the Year

What is that Ringing in your Ears?

Researchers in the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center are working toward closing a 20- to 30-year gap in understanding the link between female hormones, pain and addiction.

The Power of Hormones in Treating Pain and Addiction in Women

Researchers discovered a mechanism tumors use to keep blood vessels growing, driving cancer growth and invasion.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Identify Mechanism for Slowing Cancer Growth

A new program under development at UArizona Health Sciences will offer age, gender and culturally sensitive training to students to help patients initiate and discuss end-of-life care. The interdisciplinary initiative will provide guidance to doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals.

Launching a New End-of-Life Care Training Program at UArizona Health Sciences

Researchers find blood pressure medications do not increase the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection, good news for people with hypertension, or uncontrolled high blood pressure.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Add Clarity to Role of Blood Pressure Medications in COVID-19 Infections

By mapping out the nerve fibers that traverse the brain, Dr. Adam Raikes illuminates this normally unseen part of the anatomy for scientists devoted to treating neurodegenerative diseases.

The Path to an Alzheimer’s Drug: Visualizing the Brain

Dongkyun Kang, PhD, has created a portable prototype of a microscope used to help diagnose skin cancer.

Building Connections to Improve Health Care Innovations

The Health Sciences Innovation Building is filled with cool and creative spaces to study, or just hang around – like this student on the sixth-floor open-air balcony where there are two hanging wicker chairs.

Show Us Your Favorite Places on the Health Sciences Campuses

Robert E. Kravetz, MD, FACP, MACG

Dr. Robert Kravetz Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Pumpkin Springs, in the Grand Canyon, is known for its high levels of arsenic.

Study Finds Link Between Long-term Arsenic Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes