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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 University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science study found that disrupted brain lipid metabolism leads to the onset of several well-established molecular and cellular hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease.

New study links impaired lipid clearance in the brain to Alzheimer’s disease

Woman in red sari poses with arms out while family members take photos.

Celebrating a match made in medicine

Led by Dr. Mohab Ibrahim, researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction are exploring potential benefits of using phototherapy to manage chronic pain.

Exploring phototherapy: a new option to manage chronic pain

Sommer Aldulaimi, MD (second from right), with University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students Jasmine Locke, Lacey Culpepper and Pantea Sazegar, collaborated with and provided training to assist in opening the hospital newborn unit at the Songambele Health Centre in Tanzania in May 2022.

Around the world with Dr. Sommer Aldulaimi

Advances in pain research focus of symposium

More than 100 students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson celebrated Match Day on March 17.

Match Day begins countdown to medical students’ careers in medicine

Future physicians to begin next chapter on Match Day

Future physicians to begin their next chapter at Match Day Ceremony

Match Day celebrations are a joyous turning point in pharmacy and medical students’ careers. They joy and anticipation marks the start of the next phase of their career with residency training.

Joy, anticipation part of Match Day memories

Major Selected as American Telemedicine Association Fellow

Rachna Shroff, MD, associate professor of medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has dedicated her career to caring for cancer patients and researching pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancer treatments.

Oscars Red Carpet Welcomed UArizona Cancer Center Researcher

Training Genetic Counselors to Advance Precision Medicine

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Dr. Aimee Kaempf Appointed to Board of AAPL Journal