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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

infographic of National Institutes of Health funding and Blue Ridge Institute of Medical Research rankings for five colleges at UArizona Health Sciences

NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings

Portrait of Dr. Xinxin Ding standing outside leaning on a red brick wall.

Xinxin Ding named 2023 ASPET Fellow

Poster with 8 small portaits of awardees and text that reads, “R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy faculty and staff awards.”

Pharmacy honors faculty and staff at annual awards ceremony

Charles Kendrick stands beneath a sign reading pharmacy and is surrounded with other pharmacy memorabilia.

Charles Kendrick made UArizona College of Pharmacy history

A woman in a blue shirt speaks to a crowd of migrants of all ages seated in metal folding chairs in a plain room.

Health Sciences faculty step in when migrants need help

bulletin board welcomes volunteers with four flyers of useful information

Experiential learning impacts students, migrants

Portrait of Dr. Bernadette Cornelison holding an award while smiling.

Bernadette Cornelison receives 2023 40 Under 40 Award

Portrait of Brian Erstad, an older white man with short hair smiling while wearing a tan suit and orange tie.

Brian Erstad selected to co-chair international panel

A laboratory table has larg jars labeled "Zombie Virus" along with a couple of skulls and a manikin head with a mask sitting in a bowl.

Halloween spirit haunts the halls of Health Sciences

Diyana Ahmad, a second-year student at the Coit College of Pharmacy, holds a prescription bottle and discusses the medication with a male older adult patient.

Building bonds for better older adult health care

Edgar A. Villavicencio does a FibroScan test on a Nosotros Comprometidos a Su Salud (Committed to Your Health) study participant.

Unsung heroes make Health Sciences labs work

Brielle Edwards (right), a student at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, was one of five UArizona Health Sciences Quidel Ortho Global Scholarships recipients. Derrick Nwobodo (left), also a Coit College of Pharmacy student, received a QuidelOrtho Global Scholarship last year.

QuidelOrtho Global Health Scholarships awarded to UArizona Health Sciences students