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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

The Classic ‘Chicken-or-Egg’ Question Comes to Cancer

University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD, hopes to learn how the bacteria that live in the vagina help or harm gynecologic health.

Unlocking the Secrets of the Vaginal Microbiome

A researcher at the University of Arizona works on an equation (Photo: University of Arizona)

UArizona Climbs to 39th in Top 100 Universities Worldwide with U.S. Utility Patents

The American Indian Youth Wellness Camp in Prescott, Ariz, teaches healthy lifestyle choices to kids at risk for or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Study Aims to Improve Health for American Indian Youth

UArizona Health Sciences Awarded $2.4M to Study Stress and Resilience in Vulnerable Latino Populations

UArizona Health Sciences Awarded $2.4M to Study Stress and Resilience in Vulnerable Latino Populations

Jennifer Uhrlaub, associate research scientist and laboratory manager in the Janko Nikolich-Zugich lab, loads samples into centrifuge in the Biosafety level 3 lab in April.

A Look Back at Health Sciences’ COVID-19 Response and Relief Efforts

The University of Arizona Cancer Center created new policies based on what it learned from other states and countries about how to continue cancer care and research during a pandemic.

New Safeguards Allow Cancer Care, Research to Continue

UArizona Researchers Assess Mental Health Impact of Insomnia, Loneliness and COVID-19

UArizona Researchers Assess Mental Health Impact of Insomnia, Loneliness and COVID-19

College of Medicine – Tucson professor Paul Gordon, MD, MPH, and his wife, Eve Shapiro, MD, emeritus professor of pediatrics, begin their ride in May in Hollidaysburg, Penn.

Health Sciences Faculty Member Embarks on Pandemic Listening Tour

UArizona Health Sciences Students Analyze COVID-19 Published Research