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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

Large group of doctors in nice street clothes standing in front of an Arizona Medical Association background.

Faculty from both colleges of medicine win ArMA awards

Camp Wellness, Pima County Health Department team to host health fair

Arizona Telemedicine Program and Southwest Telehealth Resource Center receive USDLA Gold Award

Urgent Care data show Valley fever season has begun in Arizona

Six college of medicine faculty members wearing white coats and acting silly walk outside on their way to the white coat ceremony.

College of Medicine – Tucson’s newest class receive white coats

Blonde woman wearing a white medical coat sits for a portrait.

Dr. Kathryn Glas elected president of the SCA

Next class of physicians gathers for White Coat Ceremony

“‘That others may live’ is a creed I lived for for eight years. As a doctor, I will continue to give my all to help those in my care,” said U.S. Air Force veteran and reservist Alex Hilser, a second-year medical student at the College of Medicine – Tucson who was recently named a Tillman Scholar.

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Student Selected as Tillman Scholar

Disability organizations partner to host ‘Backpacks & Boosters’ vaccine and wellness fair

On the left, cells isolated from breast cancer cells were treated with RANKL, a growth factor that stimulates bone resorption, to produce osteoclasts (pink). When morphine was added to the cell culture (right), the number of osteoclasts increased, suggesting that morphine stimulated osteoclast production.

Study shows how morphine may contribute to bone loss and cancer-induced bone pain

Portrait of a young Asian man wearing a button-up shirt standing outside.

Dr. Kellen Chen recognized with Career Development Award

Older man wearing a white short-sleeved button-up shirt (Dr. Nicholas Delamere) receives an award from a man wearing a gray suit representing the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Dr. Nicholas Delamere receives ARVO’s highest service honor