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Scientists on a quest to prevent asthma by boosting immune system

A family history of respiratory illnesses led environmental researcher Paloma Beamer, PhD, to enroll her newborn son in a clinical trial to prevent asthma.

Portrait of Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD, standing outside in front of trees.

Mingyu Liang works to transform physiology at U of A

Onicio Leal Neto, PhD, MPH, stands at a desk next to a table full of people with laptops open in front of them.

Public Health launches first AI summer program

Young adult connecting smartphone to continuous glucose monitor, checking blood glucose

New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

COVID-19 public health emergency declarations have expired, but millions of people are suffering from a wide range on ongoing and complicated health conditions that can last weeks, months or even years.

Fighting the second pandemic: long COVID

The Arizona Area Health Education Centers Program seeks to improve the supply and distribution of health care professionals, particularly primary and preventive care, in Arizona’s rural and medically underserved communities.

Arizona AHEC: Filling a need for health care professionals

911 emergency blue light phones located on University of Arizona campuses provide direct access to emergency assistance.

Staying safe at UArizona Health Sciences

The Bachelor of Science in Medicine program is designed to prepare graduates to enter careers directly in health care support positions or pursue a variety of alternative health care-related careers.

Degree provides steppingstone to careers in health care

Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Sleep, Circadian and Neuroscience Research, reviews test data in the control room of the center’s new facility with lead sleep technologist Sicily La Rue.

Sky is the limit for research at new sleep center facility

(From left) University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, and Nahla Zaghloul, MD, are investigating the long-term safety and efficacy of allopregnanolone as a regenerative therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease and cerebral palsy.

Testing a new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Ted Tong builds bridges for Asian Americans

The University of Arizona College of Nursing’s Tarnia Newton, DNP, FNP-C, said she believes all nurses have a calling to advocate for their patients through justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

These are the JEDI nurses Dr. Tarnia Newton is looking for…

As technology evolves and new health challenges arise, Allan Hamilton, MD, FACS, and the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center are developing new ways of educating students, health care professionals, first responders and others.

Creating the future of health care simulation education, training

Travis Wheeler, PhD, and his team at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are developing software to aid in identifying drugs for target proteins and for predicting possible side effects.

Computational drug discovery could open new doors

The Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, along with the Center for Transformative Interprofessional Healthcare, utilize a virtual Interprofessional Education Event on Disability, to ready Health Sciences students to care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This includes videos about a woman with Down syndrome and diabetes who is going through a change in her living situation.

Sonoran Center trains students to close disability care gaps

Organoids are miniature tissues or tumors grown in the laboratory that provide scientists with a more realistic model to design therapeutics for hard-to-treat cancers and rare diseases.

Miniature organs driving precision medicine, drug discovery