Psych Matters Blog

Dr. Harrison-Monroe Retires from 30+ Year Career

By: Jamie L. Manser, BA | July 14, 2023

After a career spanning more than thirty years, and the last 18 years with the College of Medicine – Tucson Psychiatry Department, Patricia Harrison-Monroe, PhD, retired at the end of June as the Department’s Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and as a Clinical Associate Professor. We talked about the trajectory of her career and life, starting with her academic and professional interests that eventually drew her to Tucson and the Psychiatry Department in 2002.

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Building Bridges, Healing Minds

By: Jordan Karp, MD | May 30, 2023

While the Department strives to be an inclusive community of healers and educators, we have not fully achieved our goal of effectively engaging with the unique communities of Southern Arizona that also provide physical and behavioral health and wellness programming, in particular tribal nations, agencies, and rural college campuses serving primarily Hispanic communities, groups who have historically been excluded from many university-led initiatives.

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Diversity Corner: May & June

May is truly a packed month, with many different themes of celebration! In June, we celebrate Juneteenth.

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Center to Stream Healthcare in Place Annual Conference

On April 3, 2023, Psychiatry Research Assistant Emily Allerton had the honor of contributing to the C2SHiP (Center to Stream Healthcare in Place) annual conference on Government-Industry-University-Foundation Partnerships to Advance Digital Health Care Systems, Convergence Science, and Healthy Equity. Dr. John Paul SanGiovanni (C2SHiP, BIO5) hosted the event at The University of Arizona Washington, D.C. Center for Outreach and Collaboration. The conference featured experts from The National Academy of Medicine, the National Science Foundation, The World Bank, The Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, embassies of Italy and Israel, private sector companies such as Briya, foundations, and universities.

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By: Jordan Karp, MD | April 21, 2023

This April marks the 22nd anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), though advocating for victims and creating awareness of this violence goes back decades.

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