News

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

Immunologist Deepta Bhattacharya in a University of Arizona Health Sciences research laboratory

Leading the charge to discover answers in immunology

A surprised young boy lifts a bag of sugar behind soda bottles on a table while two women watch him.

Wellness and Wonder event excites Tucson community

wide angle view of University of Arizona campus

U of A makes major gains in latest US News ranking

Portrait of professor Lindsay Bouchard wearing a blue jacket and smiling while standing in front of a brick wall.

Bouchard accepted into academic nursing leadership program

Jonathan Lee-Confer assists a student putting an arm sensor on another student.

Preventing falls a deeply personal mission for researcher

Outdoor portrait of Justin Starren, MD, PhD, on the grounds of the University of Arizona Health Sciences

Making a commitment to connect people through technology

portrait of Aaron McGee in a research lab at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

New research suggests synaptic plasticity is more autonomous than previously thought

A photo illustration of a man drinking water and covering his head while exposed to extreme heat

U of A-led taskforce leads effort to raise awareness of how medications may increase risk of heat-related illnesses

Portrait of Ricardo Correa, MD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s Divison of Endocrinology, outside next to a mural.

Ricardo Correa filling the gap for the underserved

Portrait of Lisa Kiser standing in the Health Sciences Innovation Building.

Nursing’s Lisa Kiser is national nurse practitioner Fellow

A graduate student and a faculty member examine labels on containers in a lab

Graduate student using data analysis to protect firefighters from cancer

Zong-Ming Li sitting at his office desk holding an anatomical model of the inside of a hand.

Zong-Ming Li named medical biological engineering fellow