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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

a study participant walking toward two cameras set up on tripods in an empty room at the University of Arizona Health Sciences

A new perspective to prevent falls in older adults

‘In the future, syringes and pills will be obsolete’

portrait of r. ken and donna coit

Coit commits $5M to hire faculty, expand vision at UArizona Coit College of Pharmacy

A College of Medicine – Phoenix medical student with Type 1 diabetes using a glucose monitor on herself

Persevering on the path to becoming a physician

A wildfire burns a vegetated area behind a row of houses; flames and smoke are visible.

$3.8M grant will fund study of firefighter risks, interventions in wildland-urban blazes

A nurse in blue scrubs wipes down a hospital bed with one hand while holding a spray bottle in the other.

NIH grant funds research on work-related asthma among nurses

close-up of two hands clasped together in a show of support

Managing substance use disorders with ‘empathy and love’

woman sleeping peacefully in bed at night

Poor sleep linked to migraine attacks in new UArizona Health Sciences study

Researcher Klearchos Papas, PhD, poses in a lab dressed in a white lab coat.

College of Medicine – Tucson receives $2.7M grant for diabetes research

Aerial view of the University of Arizona COVID-19 vaccination Point of Distribution site in 2021

5 things to know about creating a pandemic-resilient state

PlanetScape: Fusing art, science and technology

infographic of National Institutes of Health funding and Blue Ridge Institute of Medical Research rankings for five colleges at UArizona Health Sciences

NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings