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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 Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO

Kristin Huntoon receives Career Development Award

A young woman clutches at her chest while sitting in bed.

Common drug shows promise against rare type of heart disease

Portrait of Raquel Givens standing outside smiling.

Givens honored with Founders Award from accreditation group

Scientists examine materials in petri dish

Three U of A Health Sciences researchers earn Career Development Awards

Karen Weihs, MD, and Richard D. Lane, MD, PhD, looking at each other and smiling.

Birds of a feather flourish together

Portrait of Janko Nikolich, MD, PhD

Janko Nikolich elected to Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Close-up photo of the book “The Phantom Tollbooth” being help up and read by a person who is blurred into the background

Hearing the Invisible: the inspiration behind the installation

A man in a dark suit coat and black shirt stands outside a building that has Sarver Heart Center signage.

Connecting with Sarver Heart Center’s Hesham Sadek

Portrait of Charlotte Smith sitting outside.

Surgery department’s Charlotte Smith receives service award

A woman grabs at the right side of her torso with both hands in a gesture of pain.

U of A Cancer Center clinical trial advances research in treatment of biliary tract cancers

Two researchers in white coats stand in a lab.

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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