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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

Judith Hunt, MD, has found her home practicing rural medicine in Payson, Arizona.

Dr. Judith Hunt: Rural Medicine’s Change Agent

The new round of funding will enable the Western Region Public Health Training Center team, including (from left) online designer Erich Healy, director Kelly Reynolds, PhD, and associate director Abby Stoica, MPH, to continue to provide training to expand the workforce, build skills and services, and enable public health professionals to meet community needs and emerging threats at local, state and national levels.

Zuckerman College of Public Health Awarded $4M to Provide Training for Regional Professionals

What Older Adults Do While Sitting Affects Dementia Risk, Study Finds

Timian Godfrey, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, addresses attendees at the 48th Arizona Rural Health Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her presentation focused on innovative strategies to attract and retain nurses for rural and tribal communities. (Photo courtesy of University of Arizona Center for Rural Health).

State Tribal, Rural Areas Focus Internally for Nursing Needs

The new center will host programs that ensure children and youth are exposed to health care professions from an early age and feel empowered to pursue professions that directly impact their own communities.

Tribal Area Health Education Center Will Address Tribal Health Care Needs, Train Workforce

Ryan Sitton, MPH, created this painting to represent the challenges of climate change as part of EHS 525 Global to Local: Environmental Change and Human Health, a course Mona Arora, PhD, MSPH, created to engage the complex emotions around climate change.

Public Health Students Use Art To Express Climate Change Challenges

Mona Arora, PhD, MSPH

Dr. Mona Arora Named to National Public Health Workgroup

College of Medicine – Tucson student Leenda Osman checks a young patient’s ear at the Rocky Point Medical Centers in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. Volunteers from the MexZona student group at the College of Medicine – Tucson and the Migrant Health Interest Group and Global Health Program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix provide free clinical services to underserved patients in marginalized communities.

Mexico Trips Give Chance for Experience, Empathy, Engagement

Many studies, including several by the University of Arizona Health Sciences in collaboration with the Tucson Fire Department, contributed evidence that led the International Agency for Research on Cancer to determine occupational exposure as a firefighter causes cancer.

Research Collaboration Informs International Classification of Firefighting as Carcinogenic

The study’s third year will assess COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in preventing infection or symptoms, as well as the impact of sociodemographic, health characteristics or prior infection on vaccine effectiveness.

AZ HEROES Research Study Awarded $22M to Continue Evaluation of COVID-19 Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness

Dodge to Join Zuckerman College of Public Health Faculty, Lead UArizona Institute for LGBT Studies

Addressing the Grand Challenges of Aging Through Multidisciplinary Seed Grants