Stories

College of Medicine – Tucson student Leenda Osman checks a young patient’s ear at the Rocky Point Medical Centers in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. Volunteers from the MexZona student group at the College of Medicine – Tucson and the Migrant Health Interest Group and Global Health Program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix provide free clinical services to underserved patients in marginalized communities.

Mexico Trips Give Chance for Experience, Empathy, Engagement

July 25, 2022

Volunteering at Rocky Point Medical Clinics has fostered new global health alliances for Health Sciences students and faculty.

I am Health Sciences: Will Holst

July 21, 2022

A new monthly video series focuses on the staff who help make the University of Arizona Health Sciences a special place to work.

Patricia Lebensohn, MD, originally planned to work as a psychiatrist in her native Argentina before being drawn to family medicine in the U.S.

Connecting with Patricia Lebensohn

July 11, 2022

Patricia Lebensohn, MD, medical director of the Commitment to Underserved People Program, shared her experiences in a recent issue of The New Physician.

Jared and Kat Alvarado are funeral directors for the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Willed Body Program, which accepts whole body donations committed by Arizonans before they die to be used as educational tools after their deaths.

Married Couple are ‘Heart and Soul’ of Willed Body Program

July 7, 2022

Funeral directors Kat and Jared Alvarado set the tone for faculty, students and others to respectfully recognize the sacrifice made by donors.

Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH, a behavioral scientist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, shows a child how to use a stock inhaler to control asthma. She encouraged the Arizona Legislature to pass a 2017 law to improve access to inhalers and broaden who could administer them to students.

School Asthma Expert Dr. Lynn Gerald Lightens Her Load

June 27, 2022

A champion powerlifter, this behavioral scientist readies for a sabbatical to study how to promote uptake of asthma research findings into routine practice.

Impact of Title IX Passage Resonates Across Health Sciences

June 23, 2022

Fifty years after law’s passage, female students and faculty are finding more doors open.

Amaris Tapia, a class of 2023 College of Medicine – Phoenix student, recently completed the Rural Health Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship in Payson.

Phoenix Student Makes Longitudinal Impact in Rural Community

June 20, 2022

Rural patient care experience prepares third-year medical student Amaris Tapia for her future as a physician.

I am Health Sciences: Kristi Davis

June 16, 2022

A new monthly video series focuses on the staff who help make the University of Arizona Health Sciences a special place to work.

When thoughtfully used by scientists, researchers and clinicians, social media can be a tool to promote science and health literacy among a general audience.

Boosting Science Through Social Media

June 13, 2022

With billions of people using social media globally, Health Sciences researchers have an opportunity to communicate science to a wider audience than ever before.

Tara Sklar, professor of health law and director of the Health, Law and Policy program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, holds her father’s hand for the last time while he was in hospice. (photo courtesy of Tara Sklar)

Turning Childhood Trauma Into Advocacy for Older Adults

May 31, 2022

Law professor Tara Sklar’s childhood experiences have directly influenced her work on Health Sciences’ Innovations in Healthy Aging initiative.