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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

Two men hold a giant pair of scissors as they prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon as a group of about 10 other people look on.

U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership

Two men and a woman, all dressed in hard hats and reflective mining jackets, looks at a mining facility in the distance. Their backs are to the camera.

U of A and mining company launch community health impact assessment in Santa Cruz County

A closeup of a long scar on a woman's shoulder.

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

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

A rendering of the CAMI facility in Phoenix, AZ

COVID-19, CAMI and a new college: UArizona Health Sciences’ top 10 news releases of 2023

Training and keeping primary care physicians in Arizona

receeding lake with dried cracked ground in the foreground and mountain in background

$3.8M NIH grant to fund Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health

Bridget Murphy at her desk with computer monitors and books.

Lived experience leads to unique educational approach

Three women wearing flowers in their hair, clap and laugh in an outdoor setting.

Health Sciences celebrates Día de los Muertos

Poster with about two dozen photos of men and women in milatary uniforms, some old photos, with text on the poster that reads, "Veterans Day, honoring all who served."

Thank you to all Health Sciences veterans

A group of dancers, two in wheelchairs, perform an interpritive dance.

Feast for Your Brain engages both body and mind

Researchers surveyed Arizona CoVHORT study participants who opted not to receive COVID-19 boosters in hopes that the results would help design interventions to help protect more people from the latest variants.

Study uncovers reasons Americans did not get booster vaccines

Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, affects an estimated 10-15% of the U.S population. Research has shown COVID-19 can cause acute gastrointestinal issues, which researchers think might increase the risk of developing IBS.

New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long COVID symptom

Edgar A. Villavicencio does a FibroScan test on a Nosotros Comprometidos a Su Salud (Committed to Your Health) study participant.

Unsung heroes make Health Sciences labs work

Brielle Edwards (right), a student at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, was one of five UArizona Health Sciences Quidel Ortho Global Scholarships recipients. Derrick Nwobodo (left), also a Coit College of Pharmacy student, received a QuidelOrtho Global Scholarship last year.

QuidelOrtho Global Health Scholarships awarded to UArizona Health Sciences students

(Left) Purnima Madhivanan, PhD, MBBS, MPH, an associate professor of health promotion in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, meets with two of her mentees, (center) Kiranmayee Muralidhar, MMBS, MPH, and Namoonga Mantina, both doctoral students, to discuss progress on their research manuscripts. Madhivanan is currently mentoring about 35 people.

Reluctant doctor finds her passion helping women, children