College welcomes Dr. Jose Florez-Arango to the School of Health Professions

The Zuckerman College of Public Health is excited to announce that Jose Fernando Florez-Arango, MD, PhD, MS, will join the School of Health Professions as an Associate Professor of Practice.

He will also join the Center for Biomedical Informatics & Biostatistics (CB2) team as Associate Director, Education and Training. In his new position, Dr. Florez-Arango will design, launch, and oversee new educational offerings in Biomedical Informatics, including the planned Master's in Digital Health Program within the School of Health Professions slated to begin in Fall 2026.

Florez-Arango comes to the University of Arizona from Weill Cornell Medicine, where he was Associate Professor and Academic Program Director in Health Informatics.

He brings more than 25 years of experience in curricular development and implementation in health informatics. Additionally, Florez-Arango has expertise in digital health implementation and evaluation in low resources environments, and in the use of information and communication technologies to enhance human clinical performance.