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A group of students smile together while gathering around a table decorated in a red cloth with red and blue balloons in the background.

First Doctor of Physical Therapy Program students begin studies

The Class of 2028 met for the first time and kicked off its three-year journey in the long-awaited program.

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

A powerful voice for her students

Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction researchers say reclassifying cannabis as a Schedule III substance would loosen the restraints on research into possible benefits, as well as any potential negative side effects, of medical marijuana.

Should cannabis still be a Schedule I drug?

Student-faculty team of inventors devises tools to address orthopedic challenges

John Galgiani, MD

Paving a path for Valley fever research, treatment, prevention

A smiling woman with gray hair holds a plaque as smiling men in dark suites stand on each side of her.

Arizona Telemedicine and Telehealth earn USDLA Gold Award

Older white man with white beard wearing a suit stands in front of a building

Galgiani receives AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement

Van Dexter Difuntorum Calo is one of 11 medical students at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix to receive a Primary Care Physician Scholarship.

Future primary care doctors receive scholarships for medical school

A recent upswing in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. increased conversations about the newest COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the XBB variant.

Insights: Vaccines, variants and COVID-19 trends

Brielle Edwards (right), a student at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, was one of five UArizona Health Sciences Quidel Ortho Global Scholarships recipients. Derrick Nwobodo (left), also a Coit College of Pharmacy student, received a QuidelOrtho Global Scholarship last year.

QuidelOrtho Global Health Scholarships awarded to UArizona Health Sciences students

South Asian woman wearing a maroon dress stands outside with her arms crossed and a smiling face

Shroff named ASCO Woman Disruptor of the Year

College of Medicine – Tucson researchers tackle immune rejection of biomedical implants

According to new research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, nearly 1 in 20 adults in the U.S. deal with chronic pain while also experiencing with anxiety or depression.

Study shows millions of people live with co-occuring chronic pain and mental health symptoms