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Mari Ricker, MD, stands in front of a roomful of people at a table with different ingredients set on it.

How to succeed with New Year’s resolutions

U of A health experts offer tips on sticking to your goals and making changes in 2026.

Two men hold a giant pair of scissors as they prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon as a group of about 10 other people look on.

U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership

Two men and a woman, all dressed in hard hats and reflective mining jackets, looks at a mining facility in the distance. Their backs are to the camera.

U of A and mining company launch community health impact assessment in Santa Cruz County

A closeup of a long scar on a woman's shoulder.

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

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As vaccinations begin for front-line health care workers, experts field questions about the vaccine.

What You Need to Know About a COVID-19 Vaccine

The New Year symbolizes transition, and for many people it’s also motivation to make healthy changes.

Your Roadmap to Making Changes in the New Year

UArizona staff and students learn about the Feldenkrais Method, which uses movement to increase self-awareness and improve function. The method will be taught during the “Aging and the Arts” series.

Health and Humanities Launches with ‘Aging and the Arts’

Combating Misinformation with ‘COVID Mythbusters’

Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD (pictured), an associate professor in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Immunobiology, and Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, professor and head of the Department of Immunobiology, developed one of the most accurate antibodies available and used it to show that antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, persist for several months.

Top 10 UArizona Health Sciences News Stories of 2020

Guest Column: Student Inspired by Alzheimer’s Research

New research from the College of Nursing produced an e-training module to inform massage therapists about skin cancer risk reduction and to train them to have conversations with clients about skin cancer risk reduction without compromising their scope of practice.

Nursing Research Explores Massage Therapist Role in Reducing Cancer

Health Sciences Research Team Creates New Way to Fight Autoimmune Diseases

North Country Health Care is partnering with the College of Medicine – Phoenix to offer doctors the opportunity to complete their residencies in underserved communities in Northern Arizona.

New Family Medicine Residency Serves Rural Northern Arizona

Francisco Moreno, MD, leads efforts to integrate diversity into health care and education, as University of Arizona engagement leader for All of Us and Health Sciences associate vice president of equity, diversity and inclusion.

All of Us: Diversity in Research Leads to Precision in Medicine

If you must fly, make sure to mask up in the airport and on the plane.

The Story Behind a Conversation Success

Helena W Morrison, PhD, RN, associate professor of nursing, works with a lab assistant in 2018.

Collaborations Shape College of Nursing Research