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Photo of several people chatting together in a circular room filled with examining tables in the new lab space of the University of Arizona School of Health Professions Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant studios.

Doctor of Physical Therapy Program kicks off with open house

The University of Arizona’s Physical Therapy Program introduced advanced learning studios where students will train over the next three years to enhance community health.

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

Two well-dressed medical students open envelopes while several family members stand around them with phones in the air taking photos and videos.

A Match Day filled with joy for U of A medical students

Geoffrey Rubin, MD, MBA, sits next to his daughter Elka Rubin on a bench outside. Their heads are leaned together, touching, and Elka’s arm is around her dad.

Match Day packs extra meaning for 2 Health Sciences families

Portrait of Ara Feinstein, MD, MPH, in a tuxedo with black bow tie smiling.

Ara Feinstein inducted into Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Arizona AHEC Scholar Diyana Ahmad smiles and holds the door open for people to enter community health clinic in Apache Junction, Arizona

AHEC Scholars bring health, dental resources to Apache Junction community

Two people wearing lab coats face two men in blue scrubs looking at computer screens.

Innovating to advance primary care, rural health in Arizona

A couple with a baby in a carrier poses for a photo while hiking in the Sonoran Desert

Unlocking the immune system’s potential to fight skin cancer

Two researchers in white coats stand in a lab.

Top 10 Health Sciences Connect stories of 2024

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

Shak Rehman wins international teaching award

smiling doctor examines young child, laughing, while mother smiles in background

$3.9M grant seeks to expand primary care and rural tracks for medical student training in Arizona

a doctor holds a model of the female reproductive system

Study links vaginal microbiome differences to higher cervical cancer rates in Native American women

CAMI Inaugural Executive Director Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson; University of Arizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD; Arizona Board of Regents Chair Cecelia Mata; University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella, PhD; City of Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego; and SmithGroup Design Director Mark Kranz, FAIA, stand side by side, holding shovels in dirt.

Cannabis terpenes, CAMI and long COVID: U of A Health Sciences’ top news releases of 2024

A group of people poses in front of a 15-foot saguaro lit up by LED lights.

Health Sciences faculty adapt holiday traditions to desert