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Tery’ance Horace sits at a table with textbooks in front of him talking to a woman in front of a VETS Military Connected Student Center sign.

Air Force veteran finds new home with MEPN program

Tery’ance Horace traded wings for scrubs and a fresh career at the U of A College of Nursing

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

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College of Nursing’s INCATS program boosts Indigenous health care

A mole on a person's skin is surrounding by a handwritten circle and numbers in purple ink.

U of A researchers awarded federal grant to explore topical immunoprevention for skin cancer

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Graduates of the Tohono O’odham Community College Class of 2024 pose for a photo outside the college on a sunny day.

Partnership gives community college students path to BS in Public Health

University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher Michael Johnson, dressed in a lab coat and wearing purple gloves, turns knobs on a piece of equipment.

$1.9M NIH grant will allow researchers to explore how copper kills bacteria

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$3.9M grant seeks to expand primary care and rural tracks for medical student training in Arizona

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Sarver Heart Center receives $2M in gifts toward founding of cardiovascular research institute

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Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can.

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U of A Health Sciences researchers receive $3.4M grant to improve asthma care in schools

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Study links vaginal microbiome differences to higher cervical cancer rates in Native American women

CAMI Inaugural Executive Director Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson; University of Arizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD; Arizona Board of Regents Chair Cecelia Mata; University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella, PhD; City of Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego; and SmithGroup Design Director Mark Kranz, FAIA, stand side by side, holding shovels in dirt.

Cannabis terpenes, CAMI and long COVID: U of A Health Sciences’ top news releases of 2024

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Maricopa County doubles support of CAMI with additional $4M investment

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Peer support could help millions with sleep apnea slumber easier, study says

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$1.7M CDC grant will allow researchers to study spina bifida across the lifespan

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Addiction study yields promising therapeutic target to promote recovery