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U of A and UNM win joint $43.6M NIH award to help turn clinical research into practical medicine

The CTSA grant, the largest infrastructure and training award from the NIH, supports the translation of research discoveries into improved patient care.

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$4.5M NIDA grant will fund research to improve methadone treatment quality

Confocal cancer cells and fibroblasts in collagen.

$1.7M DOD grant funds virtual cancer center to support research into military health

Nursing student Misty L. Pagán, DNP, poses for a photo in an outdoor setting. She is wearing a white coat over a blue dress and has a stethoscope wrapped around her neck.

From grief to purpose: How a PhD student discovered her calling in nursing

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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Nursing DNP faculty and residents help homeless veterans

Six faculty and Doctor of Nursing Practice residents stand together outside holding cases of food and supplies to donate.

Nursing DNP faculty and resident veterans help homeless vets

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Slepian named Biomedical Engineering Society fellow

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Paging Dr. Robot: Marvin Slepian on AI in health care

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Study seeks to transform methadone treatment for opioid use disorder

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$13M NIH grant funds research aimed at revitalizing immune systems of older adults

Christine Childers draws from her past as a dance teacher in her research as she helps shape the future of physical therapy for an aging population.

Making moves in the field of geriatric physical therapy

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Halloween spirit haunts the halls of Health Sciences

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2023 Primary Care Physician Scholarship recipients

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Alvarez inducted into AZ Pharmacy Association Hall of Fame

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

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$1.5M DOD grant will create virtual reality test to assess TBI in the field