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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 Dr. Dedrick Jordan wearing a suit and tie

College of Medicine – Tucson, Banner – University Medicine welcome new chair of neurology

Paramedics move a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance into a hospital.

Do air pollution and extreme temperatures increase 911 emergency calls?

Infant in a hospital crib with oxygen tube in nose

$1.9M grant will help protect newborns from deadly condition

illustration of an electrocardiogram displaying sinus arrhythmia

New therapeutic target for cardiac arrhythmias emerges

A young woman reads a pregnancy test as she sits up in bed wearing pajamas.

Study of infertility, health among women of Mexican heritage funded by $2.2M NIH grant

portrait of College of Medicine Phoenix researcher Inna Gladysheva

NIH supports researcher’s effort to discover better treatments for heart failure

wide angle view of University of Arizona campus

U of A makes major gains in latest US News ranking

portrait of Aaron McGee in a research lab at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

New research suggests synaptic plasticity is more autonomous than previously thought

A photo illustration of a man drinking water and covering his head while exposed to extreme heat

U of A-led taskforce leads effort to raise awareness of how medications may increase risk of heat-related illnesses

An exterior view of the Hopi Health Care Center in Polacca, Arizona.

Arizona Center for Rural Health receives $4.4 million in HRSA grants to bolster health services in outlying communities

Two U of A College of Nursing faculty members pose with a graduating student after the college’s convocation ceremony.

U of A College of Nursing receives $1.6M grant to support Indigenous students

Portrait of researcher Sakthivel Sadayappan

U of A College of Medicine – Tucson welcomes new head of Cellular and Molecular Medicine