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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 person focuses on a fake head and eye using an ophthalmology simulator in the Center for Simulation and Innovation at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. Another person is blurred in the foreground.

Teachers step into health science students’ shoes to spark STEM futures

A young boy kneels on a raised surface and reaches out to hug his mother

Scientists on a quest to prevent asthma by boosting immune system

Mother looking down and smiling at baby lying on bed with white sheets, window with white curtains in background

A tale of two cities and a health mystery

Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy sitting behind a name placard and microphone at a government committee hearing

Improving veterans’ health through biomedical innovation, AI and implementation science

Columns of translucent pink, orange and yellow fabric representing nodes of the brain hang from the ceiling in a dimly lit round theater.

Art, music, science combine for unparalleled experience

Close-up photo of the book “The Phantom Tollbooth” being help up and read by a person who is blurred into the background

Hearing the Invisible: the inspiration behind the installation

U of A College of Health Sciences student Hope Wollen in front of a class giving a presentation on colorectal cancer screenings

Hope for the future of genetic counseling

A female health worker chats with a seated male patient after administering a vaccine. Both are smiling.

$1.75M CDC grant funds study to boost vaccine acceptance in Arizona’s rural, border communities

Girl looking out a window and thinking

Busting myths: Understanding children’s mental health

Dr. Deepta Bhattacharya giving a talk on the TEDx stage

TEDx Talk tackles the question, can vaccines fight cancer?

Portrait of psychiatry professors Jacquelin Esque and Saira Kalia.

New access line can help health care providers treat children with mental health disorders

PlanetScape: Fusing art, science and technology