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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

A nursing instructor stands next to a manikin and points out parts of its body as she instructs five students. All the students and the instructor are wearing white lab coats.

Shaping tomorrow’s nurses: New DNP specialty trains the educators and leaders health care needs most

A pregnant woman, whose belly is showing, holds two plates of food in her outstretched hands. On one plate is a salad. On the other plate are a couple of large doughnuts.

NIH grant will help probe ‘nutritional memory’ to increase understanding of food choices

Amy Barber squats next to Scout, a yellow Lab, with one hand on the dog’s back.

Making a difference one pet therapy visit at a time

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

From left: Sydney E. Salmon, MD; University of Arizona President Henry Koffler; Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbit and Vincent Fulginiti, MD

Cancer Center Marks 50 Years of National Cancer Act

Three UArizona Faculty Members Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Study Shows Air Pollution Reduces Benefits of Exercise on the Brain

Medical Students Learn Vital Skills Through Community Service

Wei Zhou, MD, FACS

Dr. Wei Zhou Named President-Elect of the Western Vascular Society

As researchers seeks ways to maintain health in older adults, they found that infections may give an unexpected boost to the immune system by benefiting naïve T cells.

Researchers Find Surprising Benefit to the Immune System Following Infection

(From right) Cesar Egurrola, lead clinical coordinator and case manager; Larry York, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP, clinical pharmacist, infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS; and Matthew Adams, DO, speak with a visitor at the Petersen Clinic.

HIV/AIDS Care Team, Training Program Pivot During Pandemic

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AZ INMED Program Honored for Improving Native Health Care

Meet a Navajo Student Advancing Indigenous Rights Around Research Data

Pharmacy.

Study Seeks to Improve Medication Adherence, Reduce Hypertension Disparities

Kathleen E. Rodgers, PhD, professor of pharmacology and associate director of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovations in Brain Science (CIBS), holds more than 50 U.S. patents, has six drugs in discovery and development, has founded four companies, and has authored nearly 200 scientific papers.

From Field Research as a Teenager to Brain Researcher at CIBS

Members of the Alliance for Vaccine Literacy group started by Purnima Madhivanan, PhD, MBBS, MPH, (center arms crossed) flex their muscles in supporting the UArizona Health Sciences community in effectively talking with vaccine hesitant friends and family. (From left) Students Wesley Chiu, Himanashi Kapoor, Dametreea Carr McCuin, Dr. Madhivanan, Maiya Block, MPH, and Riley Sena.

Engaging Vaccine-Hesitant Loved Ones with Empathy