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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

College of Nursing student Valerie Pedersen gives a woman a COVID-19 vaccine at a MOVE UP clinic at the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas hosted by the UArizona Health Sciences in partnership with the Cochise County Health Department.

MOVE UP Outreach Program Administers 36,000 COVID-19 Vaccines in Arizona’s Rural and Underserved Communities

UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin 'Computer on the Bone'

Research Study on Cancer Risk for Wildland Firefighters Funded by FEMA

Grants Create New Center to Address Native American Disability Challenges

Pima County Health Director Named UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Alumni of Year

Compound 194 (left) was developed by researchers to uncouple the interaction between CRMP2 and the enzyme Ubc9, which indirectly regulates the sodium ion channel NaV1.7. A new study showed that the resulting reduction in sodium currents reduced pain. (Image: Samantha Perez-Miller, Aude Chefdeville and Rajesh Khanna)

Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief

A study by UArizona Health Sciences researchers found American Indian and Alaska Native women with early-stage breast cancer had a higher percentage of mastectomy and a lower percentage of lumpectomy than white women.

UArizona Health Sciences Study Identifies Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities Among Native American, Indigenous Women

UArizona Alumnus R. Ken Coit Commits $50M to Advance College of Pharmacy

Vascular Surgeon Leads NIH-funded Study of Brain Blood Flow and Alzheimer’s Disease

Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, was honored for his research on aging and older adults, which seeks to understand why many chronic diseases associated with aging are made worse by chronic inflammation.

UArizona Health Sciences Immunologist Named Gerontologist of the Year

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Announces New Surgery Chair

Lisa Shubitz, DVM, led a research team that examined the effects of a potential canine Valley fever vaccine in dogs. The positive results represent a major step toward the development of not only a canine vaccine, but eventually a human vaccine for Valley fever.

Study Shows Vaccine Protects Dogs Against Valley Fever