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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

Eight members of the University of Arizona Cancer Center stand side-by-side smiling in front of a Cancer Center backdrop.

U of A Cancer Center honors members at annual awards event

Infant in a hospital crib with oxygen tube in nose

$1.9M grant will help protect newborns from deadly condition

A colony of stem cells in culture

Scientist hopes to cure Type 1 diabetes by disguising stem cells

Physician assistant measuring a patient's blood pressure

Five emerging trends in the physician assistant profession

Lorre Laws, PhD, walks in the desert next to a young woman.

Lorre Laws teaches nursing students peace and resilience

Portrait of Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD, standing outside

Jonathan Lifshitz named to NIH neurological study section

illustration of an electrocardiogram displaying sinus arrhythmia

New therapeutic target for cardiac arrhythmias emerges

Pediatric autoimmune diseases: Finding hope in research

A young woman reads a pregnancy test as she sits up in bed wearing pajamas.

Study of infertility, health among women of Mexican heritage funded by $2.2M NIH grant

Dan Combs, MD, assistant professor in pediatrics and sleep medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Medicine, holds his hand up to a young Down syndrome patient for a high five in an office.

Dan Combs helps young Down syndrome patients get good ZZZs

Portrait of Frank G. Walter, MD, standing outside

Frank G. Walter receives career achievement award from AACT

portrait of College of Medicine Phoenix researcher Inna Gladysheva

NIH supports researcher’s effort to discover better treatments for heart failure