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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

Lab technician Gina Delgado registers blood samples before they are processed to determine if they show antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19.

Inside an Antibody Testing Laboratory

This poster concept is “I take care of myself to take care of them,” to show everyone must help practice public health precautions for the good of the entire community.

Spanish Outreach Campaign Encourages Healthy, Safe Community

A new use for a practice field, testing is conducted in this climate controlled temporary clinic set up inside the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center.

Antibody Testing Begins with Health Care Workers, First Responders in Tucson

Photo Challenge: See How Your Health Sciences Colleagues Are Working From Home

A student in the College of Medicine – Tucson helps a man sanitize his hands. Students are helping homeless people during the pandemic, because the medically-vulnerable population is expected to be hit hard by the COVID-19 virus.

College of Medicine – Tucson Students Support Homeless Population During Pandemic Virus Outbreak

COVID-19 Sample Collection Kits Made, Delivered to Hospital

Merryl Lopido, simulation operations specialist for ASTEC, and David Biffar, ASTEC’s assistant director of operations, use special-effects makeup to simulate traumatic injuries on volunteer Helen Ward’s leg. Many volunteers received simulated wounds with fake blood or embedded debris.

Airport Practices Emergency Response with Health Sciences Simulation Center – March 10, 2020

Firefighters Taylor Parrish and Chris LaFave wrap Jonathan Sexton, PhD, in a protective barrier to demonstrate how to prevent further spread of a virus during an ambulance trip to the hospital.

COVID-19 Behind the Scenes: How First Responders Can Prevent Infection Transmission

Next-generation Providers Bringing Health Care to the Streets

Attendees check out the new space during the grand opening of the Faculty Commons + Advisory, a gathering place where faculty can connect with one another and with experts from various areas of campus to receive advice, direction, and inspiration for research and innovation.

Faculty Commons + Advisory Grand Opening Event – March 4, 2020

Christopher Thomas of Sonoran Prevention Works demonstrates how to draw intramuscular naloxone into a syringe.

Training Students to Use Naloxone to Prevent Overdoses

Ribbon cutting for the renovated and expanded Skaggs Center, from left to right: University of Arizona Foundation President and CEO JP Roczniak; donor Richard Katz; donor Ken Coit; UArizona College of Pharmacy Dean Rick Schnellmann, PhD; Ronny Cutshall, president of The ALSAM Foundation, which was established by the Skaggs family; UArizona Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Michael D. Dake, MD; UArizona Provost Liesl Folks, PhD, MBA; UArizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD.

College of Pharmacy Celebrates Grand Opening of Skaggs Center Expansion - Feb. 21, 2020