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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

Two men hold a giant pair of scissors as they prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon as a group of about 10 other people look on.

U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership

Two men and a woman, all dressed in hard hats and reflective mining jackets, looks at a mining facility in the distance. Their backs are to the camera.

U of A and mining company launch community health impact assessment in Santa Cruz County

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

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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

Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH, a behavioral scientist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, shows a child how to use a stock inhaler to control asthma. She encouraged the Arizona Legislature to pass a 2017 law to improve access to inhalers and broaden who could administer them to students.

School Asthma Expert Dr. Lynn Gerald Lightens Her Load

Lynn T. Gerald, PhD, MSPH

Dr. Lynn Gerald Awarded Asthma Foundation Lectureship