Dr. Theresa Cullen
When
Where
Health Sciences Library and University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Global & Border Health are hosting an exhibit featuring a series of select research posters created by students, residents, and faculty of the Global & Border Health program. Through the program, students experience high-quality, evidence-based, interdisciplinary clinical and public health care under the resource constraints typically found in developing nations.
Exhibit kick-off, Sept. 5
Our inaugural Global Health Research Day event is meant to promote global health work, create networking opportunities within the global health community, and inspire more interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations.
The exhibit will showcase scholarly posters of the participants’ global health work and research achievements, and will run Thursday, Sept. 5 through Thursday, Oct. 3.
Event details
- Room 2101, Health Sciences Library, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson
- Disability-related accommodation requests/questions can be sent to Jerry Flanary: flanary@arizona.edu.
- Free & open to the public
- Registration required
Schedule
12-12:30pm
Lunch
12:30-1:15pm
Keynote Speaker: Theresa Cullen, MD, MS
12:30-2:30pm
Poster Showcase
2:40-3pm
Awards
Keynote speaker
Theresa Cullen, MD, MS, is currently the Public Health Director of Pima County, Arizona. While guiding the county of over one million residents through COVID-19, she developed a strategic approach to emergency preparedness and response, resiliency, and transformational health status change with a goal of health equity. She continues to work closely with Tribal, federal, state and local partners to ensure that community needs are integrated with the goal of health justice.
Dr. Cullen, RADM (retired) USPHS, began her family medicine clinical career with Indian Health Service (IHS) and worked in leadership positions for 25 years with American Indian/Alaska Native communities with a goal of improving health status through innovation and data informatics.
Dr. Cullen worked as the Chief Medical Information Officer for the Veterans Health Administration from 2012-2015 and Associate Director of Global Health Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute. She has been honored with multiple local, state and national awards including the Distinguished Service Medal, the University of Arizona Medical College Alumni Award, and the AMIA Don Detmer Award for informatics health policy contributions.