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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

$2.3M Endowment for the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy

Pharmacy.

Study Seeks to Improve Medication Adherence, Reduce Hypertension Disparities

Kathleen E. Rodgers, PhD, professor of pharmacology and associate director of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovations in Brain Science (CIBS), holds more than 50 U.S. patents, has six drugs in discovery and development, has founded four companies, and has authored nearly 200 scientific papers.

From Field Research as a Teenager to Brain Researcher at CIBS

Maya Sarihan, MD, then a College of Medicine – Tucson 4th year medical student, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to an agricultural laborer at the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas, Arizona, as part of a MOVE UP clinic hosted by UArizona Health Sciences.

MOVE UP Outreach Dispenses 36,000 COVID-19 Vaccines

R. Ken Coit, a 1967 College of Pharmacy graduate, announces a gift of $50 million to the college during a ceremony that also renamed the college after Coit.

Pharmacy Alumnus R. Ken Coit Donates $50 Million to College

Arizona Board of Regents' Ron Shoopman, College of Pharmacy Dean Dr. Rick G. Schnellmann, R. Ken Coit, Donna Coit, Lauryn Coit Ackley, UArizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins and UArizona Foundation President and CEO JP Roczniak stand in front of the just-unveiled R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy signage after the announcement of a $50 million gift from the Coit Family Foundation.

College of Pharmacy Gets New Name with Gift from R. Ken Coit

UArizona Alumnus R. Ken Coit Commits $50M to Advance College of Pharmacy

Richard H. Carmona MD, MPH, FACS

Dr. Richard Carmona Honored with Alumni Public Service Award

Erika Grasse (front left) keeps her distance as venomous reptile curator Dan Massey, PharmD, BCPS, shows her how to identify a Western Diamondback rattlesnake at the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center (AzPDIC) located in the College of Pharmacy.

Seeing Snakes, Spiders and Scorpions Up Close to Save Someone

Poison Center venomous reptile curator Dan Massey, PharmD, uses a clear acrylic tube to safely allow toxicologists an up-close examination of a Western Diamondback rattlesnake. Once the snake’s head is in the tube, it cannot turn around and bite anyone, but can be closely observed.

Sssssaving Arizonans, One Bite (or Sting) at a Time

Stephanie Carroll (Ahtna), DrPH, MPH, grew up in a household with a public health professional and an Indigenous physicist who showed her the importance of relationships with the non-human world – plants, animals, soils and the cosmos – for our well-being.

Honoring Health Sciences Experts for Women in Medicine Month

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