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Adam Carl, MS
For second-year medical student Adam Carl, MS, community and mentorship is key to empowering the next generation of Native American physicians.
Amanda Wilson, PhD
Amanda Wilson, PhD, reflects on how guidance from experienced public health researchers helped her navigate roadblocks in her work to improve cleaning workers’ respiratory health.
Cristóbal Reyes Cuevas
Cristóbal Reyes Cuevas, who is majoring in biochemistry and physiology at the University of Arizona, has strong roots in his Mexican heritage that influence his desire to pursue medicine.
Laura Morehouse, MPH, CHES
From accidental medicine overdoses to scorpion stings, see how a poison center answers the call (literally) to provide immediate life-saving information and medical expertise.
Dynnika Tso
Dynnika Tso (Diné) is a public health undergraduate student at the University of Arizona Health Sciences who is passionate about improving ethical standards in research.
Sheila M. Gephart, PhD, RN, FAAN
Breast milk acts as medicine, and providing breastfeeding support keeps mothers and babies healthy.
Dan Schlager, MD, FACEP
Monsoon in Arizona comprises the wettest and most lightning-prone months of the year. Learn how to avoid being struck and what to do if you are.
Stephen Klotz, MD
Late spring and summer in Arizona bring blood-hungry kissing bugs and their bites, but doctors say there is no reason for alarm.
Patricia Harrison-Monroe, PhD
Francisco Moreno, MD
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Khadijah Breathett
Very few physicians or patients enter an exam or hospital room with the intent of racially alienating the other person in the room, but research demonstrates that minority populations, particularly African American and Hispanic patients, receive unequal care compared to white patients.

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