Stories

A new digital destination for faculty, staff and students to find out what’s happening on the University of Arizona Health Sciences campuses.

Seven Health Sciences employees and family members were honored for their artwork on Feb. 15, 2020, in Tucson.

The expanded and renovated Skaggs Center will become a new home for the Arizona Center for Drug Discovery, new chemistry and biology laboratories, and the History of Pharmacy Museum expansion.

To better serve patients, health professionals must break out of their silos and work in interprofessional teams. University of Arizona Health Sciences interprofessional events prepare students for this future through shared learning experiences.

College of Nursing student Nick Knapton uses personal experiences to advocate for veterans’ services and improve access on campus for people with disabilities.

University of Arizona undergraduate Mikayla Campagne is part of a research team examining the link between antibiotics and the increased risk of tendinitis and Achilles tendon ruptures. Their work will help clinicians identify weak points in the tendons to prevent future injuries.

Mentor and mentee are hard at work in a Health Sciences lab to show that L-DOPA — used to treat Parkinson’s disease — can delay or prevent the sight-destroying eye disease.

Fighting fires for a living is one of the most dangerous jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But after the flames are out, danger remains.

Tomorrow’s health sciences professionals receive training in a state-of-the-art environment that can simulate any situation in medicine, giving them a safe space to make mistakes as they hone their skills.

By “reprogramming” a patient’s cells to create new heart muscle cells, Health Sciences MD-PhD Candidate Ike Royal Chinyere and his mentor Steven Goldman, MD, are finding ways to improve treatments for heart-failure patients.