Stories

John Woolf is a collaborator at work and in the music studio

College of Health Sciences assistant professor relishes the opportunity to create new Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

Nursing’s Reed goes from combat vet to classroom instructor

Nov. 6, 2024

Army veteran, drawing on 14 deployments over 27 years, teaches nurse anesthesia students to prepare for anything.

A family stands together with the father, son and daughter all in dress military uniforms while the mom is in a red dress.

Brena Andrews helps grow Pharmacy program outside Arizona

Oct. 28, 2024

Instructional designer pushes weight — and the college’s online master’s program.

Photo of Brena Andrews in a gym holding a barbell over her head in split-jerk stance.

Yumi Shirai brings together art and health sciences

Oct. 15, 2024

ArtWorks director bridges worlds for adults with developmental disabilities and medical students through collaborative projects.

Yumi Shirai, PhD, sits at a table with a group of people who are painting at the University of Arizona’s ArtWorks program for adults with developmental disabilities. The table is covered with cups holding brushes and paints.

Lorre Laws teaches nursing students peace and resilience

Oct. 7, 2024

Assistant professor overcomes her own near-death trauma to pair healing arts with health sciences.

Lorre Laws, PhD, walks in the desert next to a young woman.

Dan Combs helps young Down syndrome patients get good ZZZs

Oct. 1, 2024

Assistant professor focuses on improving sleep as the first step toward a better quality of life for his patients and their families.

Dan Combs, MD, assistant professor in pediatrics and sleep medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Medicine, holds his hand up to a young Down syndrome patient for a high five in an office.

Preventing falls a deeply personal mission for researcher

Sept. 23, 2024

After seeing the debilitating effects of slips and falls on older adults, Jonathan Lee-Confer’s research focuses on strengthening the arms to lower risks.

Jonathan Lee-Confer assists a student putting an arm sensor on another student.

Ricardo Correa filling the gap for the underserved

Sept. 16, 2024

College of Medicine – Phoenix assistant clinical professor felt called to medicine early to help minorities, the underrepresented and refugees.

Portrait of Ricardo Correa, MD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s Divison of Endocrinology, outside next to a mural.

Connecting with Stephen Dahmer, MD

Sept. 9, 2024

Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine wants to bring integrative medicine to the entire state as the first step toward well-being.

Stephen Dahmer, MD, stands outside wearing a blue suit coat, with his arms crossed

All the world’s a stage for prolific playwrighting professor

Sept. 3, 2024

College of Medicine – Tucson’s Hector finds inspiration all around him.