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2009

June 15 - UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health’s Lynda Bergsma Receives 2009 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award

April 9 - MEZCOPH celebrates National Public Health Week: April 6 through 13.

March 26 - The 2009 Social Justice Symposium to be held at MEZCOPH on April 3; 

"In Solidarity: Paving Paths to Action"

2008

March 21 - Alison Hughes Receives AWPC Mim Morris Award

March 7 - 2008 Epidemiology Forum Held At MEZCOPH

February 27 - U.S. Needs More Health Workers To Avert Crisis

January 15 - Annual Arizona Rural and Public Health Policy Forum Held

 

2007

December 14 - Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, Susan Gerard, Serves As MEZCOPH Convocation Speaker

December 11 - Bergsma Selected as NRHA Fellow

November 1 -  Dr. Zhao Chen Receives $3 Million in Grants To Study Sarcopena (Muscle Loss) and Anemia In the Aged


November 1 -  Dr. Kelly Reynolds Featured in Parents Magazine

October 15 -    Dr. Teufel-Shone Receives National Indian Health Board's Local Impact Award

October 13 -  First Annual College Picnic Held For MEZCOPH

October 12-13 - Arizona Odyssey Relay Run: The MEZCOPH Fever Runs 195 Miles in Fight Against Domestic Violence and Wins Best-Named Team

October 2 - Public Health Students Receive 2007 Peter W. Likins Prize

September 21 -  College Holds Inaugural Scholarship Luncheon

September 14-19 - Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium’s 2007 MCH Institute

September 19 - Dr. L. Gary  Hart Named Director of Rural Health Office

September 1 - Dr. Paloma Beamer Appointed As Assistant Professor

August 23 - Hughley Named Director of Development at UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

August 8 - Summer 2007 MPH Internship Conference to Address Environmental Change: Keynote Speaker Dr. Guy McPherson

August 6 - New Book Addresses Connection Between Immune Function and Heart Disease

August 3 - Arizona Rural Health Association Presents 2007 Rural Health Service Awards

July 11 - Dr. Carmona speaks Out About Political Interference and Public Health

June 27 - Car Cookout Has Important Public Health Message:  Your Car Is An Oven!

June 26 - Rural Health Office Gets $100K Award from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Address Rural Issues

June 25 - Dr. Hakim Appointed Interim Dean

July 19 - W. Peate, MD, MPH, Elected Chair of the Pima County Joint Technological Education District (JTED)

April 23 - UA Study to Assess Food Additive Role in Controlling IBS Symptoms

April 17 - Maria Elena Martinez, MPH, PhD Receives 2007 Award For Excellence In Research

April 2 - The UA Invites the Public to a Terrorism Preparedness Conference, April 25

March 28 - Internship Conference Keynote Focuses on Reaching Out to Arizona's Refugee Community, April 6

March 21 - Giffords to Speak on 'Veterans and Public Health' at Partners Luncheon, April 12

February 5 - Mini-Grants Awarded to Improve Health of Citizens in Arizona Border Communities

January 29 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Offers Two New Doctoral Programs

January 25 - Rural Health Office Receives $530K Flex Grant

January 25 - College Offers Two New Doctoral Programs

 

2006

Dec. 22 - Symposium Aims for 'A Future without Diabetes,' Jan. 12-13

Nov. 30 - Dr. Koss Inducted as College's First Regents' Professor

Nov. 29 - Study to Assess Health of Residents and Workers Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Nov. 27 - Six Latina Scholars Recognized for their Commitment to Latino Communities

Oct. 25 - Dr. Swanson Named First Mel and Enid Zuckerman Endowed Chair in Public Health

Oct. 12 - CALENDAR RELEASE: Diversity Fashion Show, Oct. 20

Oct. 12 - CALENDAR RELEASE: Candidate Forum on Health in Arizona, Oct. 17

Oct. 3 - Dr. Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States Appointed Professor at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health (new position at Canyon Ranch also announced)

Sept. 25 -UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Receives National Accreditation

Sept. 25 - Dr. Reynolds Joins UA Zuckerman College of Public Health as Associate Professor

Sept. 21 -College Announces Naming of Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion

Sept. 14 - About 60 Participants in Multi-Institutional/Binational Public Health Program Receive Certificates

Sept. 5Dr. Shahar Joins UA Zuckerman College of Public Health as Epidemiology Professor

Aug. 9 - Founder of Humane Borders to Speak on Public Health and its Role in Social Justice at UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Internship Conference, Aug. 18

June 26 - 33rd Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference Focuses on Border Issues and Rural Health, July 19-21: Registration Now Open

June 22 - Research Matters: Center for Health Equality at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Funds Five Pilot Studies to Eliminate Health Disparities

June 22 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Awarded Senator Andy Nichols Award by Arizona-Mexico Commission

June 15 - Intercambio Médico Cultural y de Salud Pública Sonora-Arizona:
Medical Students from Universidad de Sonora Attend Unique UA Program

May 30 - Stephen Michael Appointed Director of the Arizona Smokers' Helpline

May 25 - Public Health Faculty Member Receives Major Award to Study Alcoholism, Violence Among Native American Tribes

May 25 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Says Good-Bye to Dr. Stuart Cohen

May 10 - UA Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health Celebrate 2006 Convocations

Apr. 24 - Twenty UA Public Health Graduate Students Receive Fellowship; Students Help Hispanics and Native Americans Fight Substance Abuse and Diabetes

Apr. 21 - Native American Students Receive Fellowships to Fight Against Diabetes, Substance Abuse and Beyond

Apr. 19 - Research Matters: UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Study Aims to Better Understand Tobacco Issues Among 18- to 24-year-olds

Apr. 17 - Immunization Expert to Talk About Childhood Vaccinations at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Spring 2006 Seminar Series

March 29 - U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva to Speak on Universal Health Care at UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

March 27 - Two UA Public Health Graduate Students Receive Drachman Prevention Fellowships

March 21 - Binational Center To Address Environmental Challenges in Border Region

March 8 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Announces Schedule for Spring 2006 Seminar Series

Feb. 28 - Dr. Cecilia Rosales Appointed by U.S. President Bush to the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission

Feb. 27 - March 4 'Sundown at the Pass' to Benefit Drachman Prevention Funf for Children: GATES PASS closes at 4 p.m.

Feb. 3 - People On The Move At the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Feb. 3 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Welcomes 1st TIES Research Scholar: Hopes to Address Health and Human Rights Issues for Migrants

2005

Dec. 12 - Diabetes Handbook Includes Seven Authors Affiliated with UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Dec. 12 - Dr. Zhao Chen Appointed to NIH Study Section

Nov. 14 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Internship Conference Features Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, Nov. 18

Nov. 8 - Arizona Rural Health Association and Rural Health Office at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Sponsor Health Information Technology Forum, Nov. 14

Nov. 1 - Dr. Herb Abrams to be Honored at Nov. 17 Luncheon
Sponsored by UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Oct. 27 - Grant to Further UA Studies Investigating Connection Between Healthy Immune Systems and Healthy Hearts

Oct. 27 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Hires
Two New Faculty Members

Oct. 3 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Announces Schedule for Fall 2005 Seminar Series

Sept. 29 - Grant Establishes Training Center at UA Zuckerman College of Public Health for Combating Health Threats Posed by Terrorism and Disasters

Sept. 29 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Ranks Among Top 5 in Minority Enrollment and Graduates

Sept. 28 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Welcomes New Members To Community Advisory Board

Aug. 24 - Latina Students Recognized for Academic Achievement, Service to Latino Community

Aug. 23 - Rural Health Office at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Awarded Three Grants

Aug. 9 - UA College Benefits from Grant to Help Refine Maternal And Child Health Program

June 1 - UA's Dr. Stuart Quan Receives Distinguished Service Award For Sleep Research and Medicine

May 19 - Two UA Graduate Public Health Students Named Nichols Initiative Scholars

May 11 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Celebrates 2005 Convocation (includes information about other Colleges)

March 23 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Presents Southwest PHilmfest, April 3-8: Focus is Health Disparities and Call to Action

March 14 - Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk for Bone Fractures

March 4 - Prominent Seattle Attorney to Speak at UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Feb. 7 - Ajo Community Forum on Arsenic and Other Environmental Exposures, Feb. 16

Feb. 7 - Women's Health Initiative and UA Zuckerman College of Public Health to Honor Women Who Participated in Study

Jan. 20 - Opening Night of Documentary Bright Leaves with Director Ross McElwee to Raise Funds for the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Jan. 20 - March 5 'Sundown at the Pass' Focuses on Preventing Childhood Obesity and Diabetes

Jan 12 - People and Programs On The Move at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Jan. 11 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Study Investigates Benefits of Pycnogenol® for People with Diabetes with High Blood Pressure

Jan. 11 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Updates Schedule for Spring Seminar Series

2004

Dec. 14 - Rural Health Roundtable on Influenza Set for Dec. 16

Oct. 15 - UA's Dr. Yvette Roubideaux Publishes American Indian Health Care Review

Sept. 24 - Prevention, Plagues & Politics: The Life of the Surgeon General— Discussion and Q&A session with U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona

Sept. 13 - College of Public Health Announces Seminar Series, 2004-2005

Sept. 10 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Welcomes New Member to Community Advisory Board

Aug. 27 - UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Ranks Among Top 10 in Minority Enrollment

Aug. 26 - Dr. Yvette Roubideaux Named `Indian Physician Of The Year'

Aug. 24 - Rural Health Virtual Roundtable On West Nile Virus Set for Aug. 27

July 8 - UA College of Public Health Receives $3.75 Million CDC Grant: Helps Continue Efforts of the Southwest Center for Community Health Promotion

July 7 - Public Health Student Receives Drachman Prevention Fellowship

July 6 - Integration of U.S. and Mexican Health Care Systems will be Topic of Andrew W. Nichols Lecture, July 20

July 2 - 31st Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference Focuses on 'Making Our Voices Count', July 19-21

May 13 - UA Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health Celebrate 2004 Convocations

April 20 - Arizona College of Public Health Forms International Partnership with Colegio de Sonora, Hermosillo

April 6 - Celebration Inaugurates Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition

March 25 - College Presents 'Southwest PHilmfest: Views on Health Disparities,' April 4-8

March 25 - Skinny Stars vs. Supersized Servings: How do We Practice Public Health in a Media Culture?

March 8 - Arizona College of Public Health Welcomes New Members to Community Advisory Board

March 1 - Dr. Lebowitz Appointed Director of Arizona Prevention Center

Feb. 18 - Tucson Public Health Discussion, Feb. 21: Is Arizona ready for smoke-free indoor workplaces/ public places for all?

Feb. 5 - March 6 'Sundown at the Pass' to Benefit Drachman Prevention Fund for Children: Event Dedicated to Heather Alberts, Better Than Ever Founder

Jan. 7 - Arizona College of Public Health Announces Engaging Our Communities: A Public Health Seminar Series

2003

Dec. 23 - AHSC Saw Advances, Milestones During Past Year

Dec. 16 - Fall 2003 Convocation for the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health

Nov. 24 - Dr. Baldwin Appointed Director of Health Administration and Policy

Sept. 10 - Arizona College of Public Health Announces 'Engaging Our Communities:' A Public Health Seminar Series

June 20 - Inaugural Andrew W. Nichols Lecture to Focus on Rural and Border Health, July 21

June 11 - 30th Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference to Focus on Health Safety Net, July 21-23

June 9 - Arizona College of Public Health Receives Two Grants to Study Effects of Teas on Lung Cancer and Oxidative Stress

June 5 - Milestone for the Arizona College of Public Health Receives National Accreditation

May 13 - Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health Celebrates 2003 Convocation, May 17

March 27 - Saturday Academy: Community Health Awareness Presentation Competition

March 24 - Arizona College of Public Health Establishes Andy W. Nichols Initiative: Noted Health Policy Scholar Emily Friedman to Give Public Lecture, April 6

March 20 - "Border Health: Unique Opportunities and Challenges," an Arizona Partners in Public Health Luncheon

March 19 - UA Public Health Professor and Physician Pens Book on Native Healing

March 10 - Sundown at the Pass Results 

March 5 - Sundown at the Pass

Feb. 28 - March 8 'Sundown at the Pass' to Benefit Drachman Prevention Fund for Children: Arizona College of Public Health Runs to Fight Childhood Obesity

Feb. 20 - Arizona College of Public Health Receives $6 Million Grant to Eliminate Health Disparities Among American Indians and Hispanics

Feb. 18 - Lori Ariviso Alvord, MD, First Navajo Woman Surgeon and Author of `The Scapel and the Silver Bear,' to Speak at two AHSC Events, Feb. 25 & 26

Feb. 11 - El Pueblo Clinic and Arizona College of Public Health Continue to Conduct TCE Screenings 

Jan. 28 - March 8 'Sun Down at the Pass' to Benefit Drachman Prevention Fund for Children: Arizona College of Public Health Joins Mayor Walkup's Challenge

Jan. 17 - Arizona College of Public Health announces Spring 2003 Grand Rounds Schedule

2002

Nov. 26 - Arizona College of Public Health Study Conducted in Iran Indicates Pycnogenol(r) Helpful in the Management of Asthma

Oct. 28 - Arizona College of Public Health Teen Quit Smoking Study Continues to Seek Participants and Expands to Phoenix Area

Oct. 24 - Arizona Cancer Center Receives $1.8M Grant to Prevent/Screen Cancer Among Latinas in Tucson and Phoenix Areas; Arizona College of Public Health Faculty to Collaborate

Sept. 25 - Cancer Clinical Trials Report Few Details on Race and Ethnicity Differences; Review Conducted by the Dean of the Arizona College of Public Health

Sept. 24 - Binational Conference Focuses on Border Health, Sept. 26-27 Arizona College of Public Health and Rural Health Office Help Organize

Sept. 12 - Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health Announces Two Grand Round Lectures

Aug. 21 - UA Names Arizona College of Public Health After Mel and Enid Zuckerman, founders of Canyon Ranch

July 29 - UA CHAPS Program Receives Prestigious National Award

July 29 - Arizona College of Public Health Announces Two Appointments

July 22 - People and Programs On The Move At the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC)

July 19 - Arizona Rural Health Conference to Focus on Strengthening Public Health Resources, July 22 - 24

July 9 - Women's Health Initiative Trial of Estrogen Plus Progestin Stopped; UA College of Medicine One of Clinical Centers for Study

July 7 - Two Public Health Students Receive Drachman Prevention Fellowships 

July 6 - UA Public Health Student Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

May 23 - Rural Health Pioneers Dr. Augusto and Martha Ortiz Receive Greater Tucson Leadership Award

May 21 - Augusto Ortiz, MD, and wife, Martha, to be awarded the Greater Tucson Leadership Award

May 9 - UA Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health Celebrate 2002 Convocations

May 8 - Dr. Richard Carmona, Presidential Nominee for U.S. Surgeon General,  Receives Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of Arizona

May 8 - Arizona College of Public Health Spring 2002 Convocation

April 24 - Bioterrorism and Consequence Management

April 22 - Jill Guernsey de Zapien, Arizona College of Public Health Associate Dean, Receives Two Prestigious Achievement Awards

March 27 - The Arizona College of Public Health and El Pueblo Clinic to Conduct TCE Screenings

March 22 - Sundown at the Pass

March 11 - The Arizona College of Public Health and El Pueblo Clinic to Conduct TCE Screenings

Feb. 14 - College of Public Health Announces Spring 2002 Grand Rounds Schedule

Feb. 7 - AHSC Physician Lane Johnson Authors Pocket Guide to Herbal Remedies

Feb. 7 - Associate Deans Appointed at the Arizona College of Public Health

Jan. 17 - Arizona College of Public Health Establishes Dr. Augusto and Martha Ortiz Endowment

2001

Dec. 12 - UA Colleges of Nursing and Public Health Celebrate December 2001 Convocations

Nov. 13 - College of Public Health Study Indicates Antioxidants May Lessen  Harmful Effects of Side stream Cigarette Smoke

Oct. 26 - Health Experts Discuss Bioterrorism at Second Public Forum at AHSC

Oct. 16 - UA College of Public Health Receives Tucson Police Department Grant:  Helps Fund Sexual Assault Alternative Justice Program

Oct. 15 - Health Experts Discuss Bioterrorism at Oct. 17 Public Forum at AHSC

Oct. 11 - University of Arizona Names Future AHSC Building After Roy Drachman

Aug. 24 - G. Marie Swanson, PhD, MPH, Appointed Dean at the College of Public Health

Aug. 15 - UA College of Public Health Announces Fall 2001 Grand Rounds Schedule

May 9 - UA Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health Celebrate 2001 Convocations

March 29 - UA College of Public Health Appoints Kim Gunn Development Director

Feb. 5 - UA's Dr. Yvette Roubideaux Appointed To Prestigious National Committee on Minority Health

Jan. 23 - UA College of Public Health Awarded $1.7 Million for Prevention and Control of Diabetes in Border Communities

2000

Nov. 28 - AHSC's Arizona Center on Aging Restructures; Announces New Leadership

Aug. 14 - Teen Quit-Smoking Study at UA College of Public Health Continues to Seek Participants

May 11 - UA College of Public Health Celebrates Inaugural Convocation

Jan. 20 - Regents Approve Establishment of College of Public Health at University of Arizona; College Will Address Public Health Challenges Statewide