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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

Reseachers at the College of Nursing will use a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to study phone-delivered interventions to help people stop smoking.

Researchers Receive $3.3M to Study Integrative Health Program to Help People Stop Smoking

Reseachers at the College of Nursing will use a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to study phone-delivered interventions to help people stop smoking.

Researchers Receive $3.3M to Study Integrative Health Program to Help People Stop Smoking

The Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative was established to find answers to critical PASC-related issues including why some people recover while others do not, PASC risk factors, and strategies for preventing and treating PASC.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers to Study Long COVID as Part of National Collaborative

The Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative was established to find answers to critical PASC-related issues including why some people recover while others do not, PASC risk factors, and strategies for preventing and treating PASC.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers to Study Long COVID as Part of National Collaborative

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

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

Klearchos Papas, PhD, director of the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Institute for Cellular Transplantation, holds a synthetic nanoporous pouch used in an implantable cell therapy device to provide insulin for Type 1 diabetes patients.

Health Sciences Researchers Close In on Diabetes Solution

Klearchos Papas, PhD, director of the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Institute for Cellular Transplantation, holds a synthetic nanoporous pouch used in an implantable cell therapy device to provide insulin for Type 1 diabetes patients.

Health Sciences Researchers Close In on Diabetes Solution

Photo illustration by Debra Bowles

Aligning Research with Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Research Study on Cancer Risk for Wildland Firefighters Funded by FEMA

Research Study on Cancer Risk for Wildland Firefighters Funded by FEMA

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