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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

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Weaponizing Copper as Potential Antibiotic

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Weaponizing Copper as Potential Antibiotic

A new program under development at UArizona Health Sciences will offer age, gender and culturally sensitive training to students to help patients initiate and discuss end-of-life care. The interdisciplinary initiative will provide guidance to doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals.

Interprofessional Program Builds End-of-Life Care Education

UArizona Sarver Heart Center Welcomes New Faculty

During the pandemic, telemedicine allowed people to safely meet with their health care providers while maintaining physical distance.

Pandemic a Watershed Moment for Telemedicine

Vance Johnson to Discuss Addiction and Recovery at UArizona Health Sciences Event

A grant from the National Institutes of Health is funding a new study that aims to reduce implicit bias, thereby reducing disparities in the treatment of advanced heart disease, by implementing an evidence-based physician training program.

Study Aims to Train Advanced Heart Disease Providers to Remove Bias from Treatment Decisions

Stephanie Carroll (Ahtna), DrPH, MPH, grew up in a household with a public health professional and an Indigenous physicist who showed her the importance of relationships with the non-human world – plants, animals, soils and the cosmos – for our well-being.

Honoring Health Sciences Experts for Women in Medicine Month

When mentors and mentees build trust and rapport, one can guide the other toward educational and professional success.

Lifting Up Future Health Professionals Through Mentorship

David Harris, PhD, MS

Dr. David Harris Honored for Role in COVID-19 Response

2021 Primary Care Physician Scholarship Recipients

Dr. Michael D.L. Johnson

Society Honors Dr. Michael Johnson for Diversity Promotion  

Researchers in the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center are working toward closing a 20- to 30-year gap in understanding the link between female hormones, pain and addiction.

The Power of Hormones in Treating Pain and Addiction in Women