Newsroom Archive

Student Awards and Accolades

Congratulations to these recently honored public health students.

Graduate Student Receives $8,500 Grant for Miner Safety Study

UA Receives $3.6 million HRSA Grant to Improve the Nation’s Public Health System

The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will establish public health training centers in Nevada, California, Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.

Jill Guernsey de Zapien Receives 2014 Vision Award for Excellence in Health Planning

Honored by the APHA for her community-based work in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region.

Brent Langellier Receives $100,000 Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Dr. Langellier will examine the root cause of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in healthy eating using cross-disciplinary expertise in agent-based modeling, a computer simulation methodology...

Diversity Celebration and Indigenous Day of Health

Homecoming week events at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health this Friday, Nov 7.

UA Led Study Finds a Good Diet Before Diagnosis is Linked With Lower Mortality Among Ovarian Cancer Survivors

The study found that diet quality was associated with mortality and may have a protective effect after ovarian cancer.

UA Study Finds the Benefits of Physical Activity for Diabetes Prevention are Weakest among Women at High Genetic Risk

A study led by researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health found that exercise provided less protection against type 2 diabetes in people at high genetic risk for diabetes and insulin resistance.

New Diabetes Prevention App for Kids Available in English and Spanish

The UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and University Information Technology created an app to teach children how to prevent type 2 diabetes.

For The Lang Family, Generous Scholarship Gifts Keep on Giving

With a $75,000 donation, The Barry and Janet Lang Scholarship has supported six students with full tuition for the two-year master of public health program.