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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

portrait of Julie Pilitsis

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson names new Neurosurgery chair

Bridget Murphy at her desk with computer monitors and books.

Lived experience leads to unique educational approach

Emma Rautenberg, a first-year medical student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson stands in front of a bridge in Globe, Arizona.

Addressing Arizona's rural physician shortage

portrait of rudy salcido with military memorabelia

Veteran applies military leadership skills to Health Sciences program

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

Graphic with 23 small portraits of medical students in their white coats with the text, "2023 Primary Care Physician Scholarship Recipients."

2023 Primary Care Physician Scholarship recipients

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

A powerful voice for her students

A 2018 predoctoral National Institutes of Health Translational Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias training grant that successfully trained 15 graduate students at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science has been renewed for five years.

NIA grant supports training of next generation of Alzheimer’s disease researchers

John Galgiani, MD

Paving a path for Valley fever research, treatment, prevention

Van Dexter Difuntorum Calo is one of 11 medical students at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix to receive a Primary Care Physician Scholarship.

Future primary care doctors receive scholarships for medical school

Van Dexter Difuntorum Calo is one of 11 medical students at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix to receive a Primary Care Physician Scholarship.

Future primary care doctors receive scholarships for medical school