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New Degree to Prepare Students for Health Care Careers

A new Bachelor of Science in Medicine expands opportunities for students to pursue jobs in health care, where demand for trained professionals is rising.


Saira Kalia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Expert Insights: How to deal with postpartum depression during a pandemic

Saira Kalia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and BUMC-South Adult Outpatient Clinic Medical Director provides an insightful interview explaining what postpartum depression is and why it occurs in this University of Arizona Health Sciences Expert Insights video.


Clinical Assistant Professor Noshene Ranjbar, MD
How to Make Mental Health a Top Priority This Fall and Beyond

Our clinical assistant professor Noshene Ranjbar, MD, was interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education saying a holistic approach to mental health “must be strength-based, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, meeting the student where they are at.”


Michael Grandner, PhD
What Sleep Doctors Think About Alternative Sleep Schedules

“For most of human history, we didn’t get all our sleep in one go,” says Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona. “Nature didn’t dictate that you get to sleep now or never.”


Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference To Focus On Mental Health and Resiliency

Jordan Karp, MD, an expert on mental health in the aging population, will deliver the keynote address at the Arizona Arthritis Center’s Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference.


Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director Elisa Gumm, DO
The Rise of Substance Abuse

Arizona Illustrated interviews our Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director Elisa Gumm, DO, for this poignant story.


Patricia Harrison-Monroe, PhD, and Francisco Moreno, MD
How Education and Research Can Help Fix Health Care Inequity

Patricia Harrison-Monroe, PhD, vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry and a Diversity Champion, and Francisco Moreno, MD, professor of psychiatry and University of Arizona Health Sciences associate vice president for equity, diversity and inclusion, discuss the reasons behind health care inequities, and how UArizona Health Sciences and the Colleges of Medicine’s diversity and inclusion efforts are establishing avenues to create equity in medicine.


College of Medicine – Tucson Hosts Virtual Research Day

Data blitzes, spotlight talks and special session on diversity, equity and inclusion highlight the second annual event that is free and open to the public.


Tucson Cancer Conquerors

Karen Weihs, MD, professor of psychiatry, is interviewed in Arizona Illustrated's story on how a local group strives to educate, inspire, and encourage people both during and after cancer diagnosis and treatment.


Pandemic Dreams

AZ Public Media interviews Michael Grandner, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Sleep and Health Clinic, about the vocabulary of dreams and how they might be helping us to make sense of our new normal.


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