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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

A city’s buildings, streets and neighborhoods glow at dusk, as seen from hundreds of feet in the sky.

$1.2M grant will fund study on neighborhood environment’s possible role in cancer risk

Public Health’s Austhof receives Career Development Award

Portrait of Paloma Beamer, PhD, smiling as she stands next to a wall of windows.

Public Health’s Paloma Beamer receives presidential award

Portrait of Gabriela Valdez, PhD, standing outside.

Gabriela Valdez brings global perspective to public health

Scientists examine materials in petri dish

Three U of A Health Sciences researchers earn Career Development Awards

Rogelio Robles-Morales sitting next to a water fountain in front of the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Improving women’s health: One doctor’s journey from cancer care to cancer research

A woman in firefighting gear with a firetruck in the background looks in the direction of a structure that is being sprayed with water during a training exercise.

Research shows PTSD, anxiety may affect reproductive health of women firefighters

A professor places a sash on the shoulders of a graduate. Both are wearing caps and gowns.

Zuckerman College of Public Health honors fall graduates

Graduates of the Tohono O’odham Community College Class of 2024 pose for a photo outside the college on a sunny day.

Partnership gives community college students path to BS in Public Health

Two researchers in white coats stand in a lab.

Top 10 Health Sciences Connect stories of 2024

CAMI Inaugural Executive Director Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson; University of Arizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD; Arizona Board of Regents Chair Cecelia Mata; University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella, PhD; City of Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego; and SmithGroup Design Director Mark Kranz, FAIA, stand side by side, holding shovels in dirt.

Cannabis terpenes, CAMI and long COVID: U of A Health Sciences’ top news releases of 2024

A group of people poses in front of a 15-foot saguaro lit up by LED lights.

Health Sciences faculty adapt holiday traditions to desert