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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

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

Photo of one woman holding a microphone, talking while two other women look at her.

College of Nursing’s INCATS program boosts Indigenous health care

A mole on a person's skin is surrounding by a handwritten circle and numbers in purple ink.

U of A researchers awarded federal grant to explore topical immunoprevention for skin cancer

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

(From left) First year CRNA students Jennifer Heiden, Cameron Wylie and Sabrena Wells (back) observe as Phillip Witte practices performing a GlideScope intubation alongside Kristie Hoch, DNP, CRNA, MS, RRT, at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center. Dr. Hoch is the program administrator for the nurse anesthesia program at the College of Nursing.

Experience, Passion Inspire Nurse Anesthesia Leader

The Sensor Lab seed grants will allow researchers to generate data that could lead to additional future funding to develop new health technologies and applications.

Sensor Lab Seed Grants Advance Innovative Research

UArizona Health Sciences research funded by the American Cancer Society seeks to reduce cancer mortality by addressing cancer health disparities, especially among Hispanic people.

American Cancer Society Funds Research to Benefit Hispanic Cancer Survivors, Caregivers

The National Institutes of Health awarded more than $133 million in grants to University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers in 2020-2021.

UArizona Health Sciences Colleges Climb in Blue Ridge Rankings of NIH Funding

Insee Ekstrom checks to see if Hal, the young manikin, is breathing at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) booth, where they taught CPR and airway skills during the recent Family SciFest at Children's Museum Tucson.

Health Sciences is a Hit with Kids at Family SciFest Event

Dean Gladys Sorensen officiates at the new UArizona College of Nursing building’s ribbon cutting ceremony in 1967.

College of Nursing Celebrates 65 Years of Wildcat Nursing

Helena Morrison, PhD, RN, associate professor at the College of Nursing, is passionate about keeping girls and young women interested in science, capturing their interest with pipe cleaner crafts at the Tucson Festival of Books.

Female Faculty Seek to Spark Girls’ Interest in Science

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, (right) recently visited the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center to observe second year Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) students during their simulation. Instead of just observing, he was pressed into service as the surgeon during one simulation. CRNA students Alexa Deng, RN, (left) and Phillip Bullington, RN, assisted Dr. Robbins as he intubated a manikin.

President Robbins Participates in CRNA Simulation Intensive

Janiel Cragun, MD

Dr. Janiel Cragun Honored by March of Dimes Arizona

John A. Fraleigh, MSN, CFRN

John A. Fraleigh Receives Outpatient/Community and Public Health Award

Cheryl L. Lacasse, PhD, RN, AOCNS

Dr. Cheryl Lacasse Named Nurse Educator of the Year

Christiana Billedalley, who completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, is hooded during the College of Nursing convocation in December at Centennial Hall.

College of Nursing Honors Graduates During Fall Convocation