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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

Julie Ledford, PhD, co-director of the Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program, is an associate professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

Ledford Named Co-director of UArizona Health Sciences Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program

Ahlam Althobaiti, PharmD, is hooded by John Regan, PhD, for earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree during the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy 2022 spring convocation at Centennial Hall.

R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy Celebrates 198 Graduates

Dr. David Labiner Receives Distinguished Service Award

Luke Wohlford, MD, was selected as the 2022 College of Medicine – Phoenix commencement speaker.

Health Sciences Graduates Celebrated With In-Person Events

Graduation on the horizon forces students to think ahead and plan the next phase of their professional lives. University of Arizona Health Sciences faculty share some invaluable advice to new graduates.

Faculty Offer Invaluable Advice for New Graduates

The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy class of 2023 cheers as they prepare to have their class photo taken after their white coat ceremony at Centennial Hall.

College of Pharmacy Students Receive Their White Coats

The Great Resignation of 2021 is creating a labor crunch in health care that studies indicate will get worse before it gets better, with one in five workers quitting their job since February 2020 due to burnout and more looking to leave. (Photo Illustration by Paul Fini. Sources: HealthEvolution.com, Mayo Clinic Proceedings and 2022 APhA/NASPA National State-Based Pharmacy Workplace Survey – Initial Findings)

Colleges Provide Tools to Help Students Avoid Career Burnout

(From left) Barry Wong, JD, director of the Governor’s Office of Equal Opportunity, presents the governor’s proclamation declaring March “Arizonans in Health Research Month” to Jennifer Craig-Muller, director of All of Us UArizona-Banner, and Eric Reiman, MD, chief executive director of Banner Research and principal investigator for All of Us UArizona-Banner.

Events Celebrate All of Us Program Success and Research

Shienna Braga and Eric Taylor, who plan to marry in 2024, received their pharmacy residency matches along with 47 other R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy students. (Photo courtesy Eric Taylor and Shienna Braga)

A Match Made on an Orientation Bus

Robin Polt portrait

Dr. Robin Polt Named to National Academy of Inventors

The National Institutes of Health awarded more than $133 million in grants to University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers in 2020-2021.

UArizona Health Sciences Colleges Climb in Blue Ridge Rankings of NIH Funding

Marissa McLelland (right) an engagement coordinator with All of Us UArizona – Banner, talks with people interested in the program while she hands out information and branded hand sanitizer.

All of Us Reaches Participant Milestone