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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

Banner Health and UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix partner to increase residency and fellowship positions

A study led by researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Family and Community Medicine found that suicide prevention care administered at emergency departments varied by race or ethnicity among people with alcohol use disorder.

People of color receive less suicide prevention care at emergency departments

Renowned scientist joins UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson as chair of the Department of Physiology

Academic-community educational partnerships like the one between the Arizona Area Health Education Center Program and the Center for Excellence in Rural Education aim to improve the supply and distribution of health care professionals in rural areas. The AzAHEC-CERE partnership will serve Gila, Graham and Greenlee counties, which are home to many small towns including Payson, Arizona (pictured).

Arizona Area Health Education Center welcomes CERE as Regional AHEC Center

ABOR approves establishment of College of Health Sciences at UArizona Health Sciences

Dr. Tobias Jakobi hopes to find ways for physicians to identify and treat heart diseases sooner.

ABRC grant supports RNA research in cardiovascular diseases

Seven University of Arizona Health Sciences reseachers were awarded seed grants through through the Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program, which offers funding to research teams affiliated with an Arizona university, research institution or health care system.

UArizona Health Sciences researchers receive Flinn seed grants to develop health care innovations

A $10 million grant from the EPA will allow researchers to advance environmental justice, which is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.

EPA awards UArizona $10M for new environmental justice center

Five junior faculty members beginning independent research projects are receiving funding through the University of Arizona Health Sciences Career Development Award program.

Five UArizona Health Sciences researchers selected for Career Development Awards

Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID

Andrews joins Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health as executive director

UArizona Health Sciences researcher at the forefront of Indigenous data sovereignty