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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 researcher oversees a student using a glove box in a laboratory at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.

Study reveals hope for immunotherapy as prostate cancer treatment

A student and faculty mentor sit at a desk looking at a computer monitor

Catching PHIRE: Students harness informatics, ignite research careers

A young woman clutches at her chest while sitting in bed.

Common drug shows promise against rare type of heart disease

Scientists examine materials in petri dish

Three U of A Health Sciences researchers earn Career Development Awards

A digital illustration of a clinician holding a tablet displaying medical imagery

New data enclave available free to Health Sciences researchers

Close-up photo of the book “The Phantom Tollbooth” being help up and read by a person who is blurred into the background

Hearing the Invisible: the inspiration behind the installation

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 woman grabs at the right side of her torso with both hands in a gesture of pain.

U of A Cancer Center clinical trial advances research in treatment of biliary tract cancers

A couple with a baby in a carrier poses for a photo while hiking in the Sonoran Desert

Unlocking the immune system’s potential to fight skin cancer

University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher Michael Johnson, dressed in a lab coat and wearing purple gloves, turns knobs on a piece of equipment.

$1.9M NIH grant will allow researchers to explore how copper kills bacteria

A doctor examines a patient wearing a pink robe sitting on the edge of a bed

Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can.

a doctor holds a model of the female reproductive system

Study links vaginal microbiome differences to higher cervical cancer rates in Native American women