UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - Key Persons
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- Lead Counselor, Behavioral Health
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- Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine / Professor, Radiation Oncology / Vice Dean, Operations and Strategy
Dr. Cress is a Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Deputy Dean for Research Affairs at the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona. She has a 25-year history of contributing to interdisciplinary research through the publication of more than 100 original research articles. Her national service includes permanent membership on scientific study sections including those organized by NIH, the Department of Defense and the American Cancer Society. Her research interests include investigating the regulation of cell surface molecules called integrins and defective cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix in disease processes and tissue damage responses. The practical application of the work has resulted in several patent awards on new anti-adhesion peptides that are currently being tested for their ability to prevent cancer metastasis and to sensitize cancer to currently available therapies.
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- Coordinator, Student Affairs and Wellness
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- Senior Program Coordinator, Student Records
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- Associate Dean
- Member of the Graduate Faculty / Professor, Pediatrics - ( Educator Scholar Track ) Professor, Public Health
Conrad J. Clemens, MD, MPH is the associate dean for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He is responsible for overseeing the 600 residents and fellows who make up the University's 42 residency and fellowship programs. Dr. Clemens, a professor of Pediatrics, has been on faculty at the College of Medicine since 2002. He has served in a number of leadership roles, including director of the Pediatric Residency Program, co-director of the Pediatric-Emergency Medicine Residency Program, chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee, associate head of the Department of Pediatrics, and chief of the Section of General Pediatrics. Dr. Clemens has received numerous teaching awards and is involved in a number of clinical research projects in his field.
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- Assistant Dean, Student Affairs / Associate Professor, Medicine - ( Clinical Scholar Track )
Derek Honeyman graduated with a MA in Anthropology from the University of Alberta and moved to Tucson to continue his education. He's been an adjunct instructor of Anthropology for 16 years, and has also served as an Academic Advisor for University of Arizona health professions students. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the Canadian Arctic, Guatemala and Chihuahua. In his spare time, Derek enjoys wearing kilts, throwing Scottish hammers, and searching for the perfect fun socks.
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- Assistant Dean, Student Affairs / Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine - ( Clinical Scholar Track )
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- Program Coordinator, Senior
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- Vice Dean, Research and Graduate Studies / Professor, Surgery / Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Wertheim joined The University of Arizona from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where he served as vice chair for research in the Department of Surgery and associate director of the MD-PhD program. Dr. Wertheim's NIH- and VA-funded laboratory investigates new methods to bioengineer liver and kidney tissue as a future solution to organ shortage in transplantation.
Dr. Wertheim holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He obtained a doctoral degree in bioengineering and a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his clinical training in general surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a transplant surgery fellowship at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Wertheim was awarded the highly coveted Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019.
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- Deputy Dean, Finance and Business Affairs - COM
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- Program Coordinator, Senior
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- Program Manager, Preclinical Education
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- Associate Senior Director, Financial Aid
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- Counselor, Behavioral Health
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- Program Coordinator, Senior
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- Director, Research / Analytics / Assistant Research Professor
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- Program Coordinator, Senior, Preclinical Education
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- Vice Dean, Education / Professor
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- Program Coordinator, Senior, Preclinical Education
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- Research Program Administration Officer II
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- Assistant Dean, Assessment Evaluation and Analytics / Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine - ( Educator Scholar Track )
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- Assistant Director, Preclinical Education
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- Program Coordinator, Senior, Clinical Education
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- Associate Professor, Psychiatry / Vice Chair, Psychiatry / Director, Community Outreach & Clinical Development
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- Interim Chief, Division of Hematology / Oncology / Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research Associate Professor, Medicine - ( Clinical Scholar Track )
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- Interim Assistant Dean and Senior Director of Curricular Affairs / Director, LCME Accreditation
- Interim Curricular Affairs Lead
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- Associate Dean, Student Affairs / Professor, Emergency Medicine - ( Clinical Scholar Track )
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- Director, Student Records / Registrar
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- Counselor, Behavioral Health
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- Assistant Dean, Financial Affairs
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- Program Manager, Clinical Education
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- Program Coordinator, Senior / Doctor & Patient / Societies, OSCE
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- Assistant Dean, Student Affairs / Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine - ( Clinical Scholar Track )