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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

Graduation on the horizon forces students to think ahead and plan the next phase of their professional lives. University of Arizona Health Sciences faculty share some invaluable advice to new graduates.

Faculty Offer Invaluable Advice for New Graduates

The Great Resignation of 2021 is creating a labor crunch in health care that studies indicate will get worse before it gets better, with one in five workers quitting their job since February 2020 due to burnout and more looking to leave. (Photo Illustration by Paul Fini. Sources: HealthEvolution.com, Mayo Clinic Proceedings and 2022 APhA/NASPA National State-Based Pharmacy Workplace Survey – Initial Findings)

Colleges Provide Tools to Help Students Avoid Career Burnout

Elise Lopez, DrPH, MPH, (right), assistant professor in the College of Public Health, and her team strategize on the fall rollout of several new programs being piloted this spring to strengthen efforts to reduce gender-based and sexual violence on campus.

Inclusivity, Scouting and Healthy Adulting with Dr. Elise Lopez

(From left) Barry Wong, JD, director of the Governor’s Office of Equal Opportunity, presents the governor’s proclamation declaring March “Arizonans in Health Research Month” to Jennifer Craig-Muller, director of All of Us UArizona-Banner, and Eric Reiman, MD, chief executive director of Banner Research and principal investigator for All of Us UArizona-Banner.

Events Celebrate All of Us Program Success and Research

The study, led by Jeff Burgess, MD, MS, MPH, professor of public health, found changes in DNA methylation after multiple fire exposures, offering a potential mechanistic link between occupational hazards and adverse health outcomes.

Study Shows Potential Epigenetic Basis for Increased Health Risks in Firefighters

Public Health Poster Forum Focuses on Building Resilience

Agnes Attakai, MPA

Agnes Attakai named to Health Equity Council

Three free webinars will address aging issues including loneliness and social isolation, integrative health and sleep.

Innovations in Healthy Aging Initiative Presents New Lecture Series on Aging

The Sensor Lab seed grants will allow researchers to generate data that could lead to additional future funding to develop new health technologies and applications.

Sensor Lab Seed Grants Advance Innovative Research

Dr. Elise Lopez Receives 2021 ‘40 Under 40’ Award

Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduced the risk of infection with the omicron variant by 31% in children ages 5-11 and by 59% in adolescents ages 12-15.

COVID-19 Vaccine Moderately Effective Against Variants in Children and Adolescents, New Report Shows

Dr. Leslie Farland Receives 2021 ‘40 Under 40’ Award