Centers and Institutes
The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is home to several research-funded and inter-professional centers, whose members engage in public health research, service and teaching.

AzCRH improves the health and wellness of Arizona's rural and vulnerable populations. It is a hub for collaboration with rural and underserved communities in Arizona, the southwest, and on the border.

The Arizona Prevention Research Center has a new name! The Center for Participatory Prevention, Evaluation and Action Research (PEAR) engages in strategic research, translation, and network-building activities, leveraging partnerships with community organizations and academic departments to address health inequities and enhance public health outcomes.

The CFHCR works with firefighters and fire departments to study and help reduce the occupational health risks that firefighters face.

Formerly CHDR, HERC promotes health equity by leveraging cultural assets, advancing multidisciplinary research, and engaging communities to better understand and alleviate health inequities faced by vulnerable populations in the US Southwest and beyond.

UA researchers excel at interdisciplinary collaboration across a broad range of topics related to environmental hazard identification, exposure, and human health effects. ESRAC integrates public health impact assessment across existing environmental research disciplines.

The GHI promotes the health of individuals and communities in Arizona, the Southwest and globally through excellence in education, research & service. GHI is dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions to global health problems through the education and training of tomorrow's global health leaders.

The Skin Cancer Institute (SCI) is a unique partnership with the UA Cancer Center focused on community outreach, education, patient care, and research as strategies to prevent and cure skin cancer.

SCORCH is dedicated to research and programs that will empower communities in dry regions, both locally and globally, to adapt to the health risks of climate change and to build health equity as heat, drought, wildfires, and other climate crises threaten population health.

The center provides free hands-on help, training, and resources to support organizations and groups working towards environmental and energy justice. We serve Arizona, California, Hawai'i, Nevada, and the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, including Native American tribes and Indigenous communities in these areas.

The Western Mining Safety and Health Resource Training Center supports the occupational health needs of the mining community and is a collaboration with the Departments of Mining and Geological Engineering; Teaching, Learning, and SocioCultural Studies in the College of Education; and MEZCOPH's Department of Community, Environment and Policy.

WRPHTC provides free training and continuing education for the public health workforce in Region 9 of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which covers Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.

The ZFCPHP mission is to impact and improve the health and wellbeing of the Tucson community and beyond through education, training, research, and outreach.

The Applied Health Policy Institute is a training ground for the next generation of health policy leaders and a catalyst for policies that improve public health.