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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

40 Under 40 list includes 3 from U of A Health Sciences

Photo of a young woman with her hand on a lap top who is looking at Caleigh Curley as Curley gestures with her hands.

Guiding the next generation of students on Indigenous policy

Portrait of Marc Verhougstraete of the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Marc Verhougstraete starts prestigious fellowship in D.C.

Poster with dozens of portraits of people in military uniforms. The poster text reads, “Veterans Day, Honoring all who served.”

Health Sciences veterans, we thank you for your service

A female health worker chats with a seated male patient after administering a vaccine. Both are smiling.

$1.75M CDC grant funds study to boost vaccine acceptance in Arizona’s rural, border communities

Several dancers in neutral-colored flowing clothes lift their arms and bend their bodies during a dance.

Feast for Your Brain supports community and healthy aging

Dylan Miller and Dr. Clara Curiel, co-directors of the University of Arizona’s Skin Cancer Institute, stand in front of a Prevent Cancer Foundation Congressional Families Program backdrop.

Skin Cancer Institute receives national excellence award

Paramedics move a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance into a hospital.

Do air pollution and extreme temperatures increase 911 emergency calls?

Eight members of the University of Arizona Cancer Center stand side-by-side smiling in front of a Cancer Center backdrop.

U of A Cancer Center honors members at annual awards event

A young woman reads a pregnancy test as she sits up in bed wearing pajamas.

Study of infertility, health among women of Mexican heritage funded by $2.2M NIH grant

A surprised young boy lifts a bag of sugar behind soda bottles on a table while two women watch him.

Wellness and Wonder event excites Tucson community

A photo illustration of a man drinking water and covering his head while exposed to extreme heat

U of A-led taskforce leads effort to raise awareness of how medications may increase risk of heat-related illnesses