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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

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COM-T Faculty Honored with Mentoring Awards

The summit will provide a platform to exchange of ideas and showcase promising avenues to discovering new drugs for treating cancer, COVID-19 and other diseases.

Annual Summit Showcasing Medical Advances in Drug Discovery Returns to Phoenix

Traditional Blessing Ceremonies Held at Colleges of Medicine – Phoenix and Tucson

Parthasarathy Named All of Us Arizona Health Champion for August

Dr. Ken Liechty

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Welcomes New Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery

Alice Min, MD

COM-T Faculty and Departments Honored with Excellence Awards

The Enduring Impact of a Global Research Internship

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Women of Impact Awards Include Six from Health Sciences

Lisa O’Neill, DBH, MPH, and Mindy Fain, MD, will launch a a six-month pilot for an interprofessional end-of-life care training program for University of Arizona Health Sciences students through the Center on Aging. (Getty Image)

Aging Well with Dr. Lisa O’Neill

Researchers at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science are flipping the traditional research model by first considering known factors underlying diseases and then seeking treatments using technologies to scan data for patterns that suggest certain compounds may impact those biological pathways.

Datasets and ‘Flipped’ Research Drive Alzheimer's Advances

Felicia Goodrum, PhD

Dr. Felicia Goodrum Appointed Journal Co-Editor-in-Chief

“People have studied sex hormones – primarily estrogen and testosterone – and pain for decades, but nobody's really understood how it works,” said Frank Porreca, PhD, whose research has identified prolactin as a potential therapeutic target for female-prevalent pain.

Identifying a Link Between Prolactin and Female Pain