Arizona Health Sciences Center Office of Public Affairs records
Photograph of Arizona Health Sciences Center personnel with design overlay, undated (MS 703 Box 8 Folder 8).
Collection dates: 1966 to 2013 1980-1999
Extensive photographic materials including prints, negatives, page proofs, slides in both black and white and color. Many portraits of founders, faculty, staff and students related to the Arizona Health Science Center, College of Medicine, University Medical Center, and College of Nursing. Also includes publicity materials such as pamphlets, publications (namely Health Horizons and Biomedical Communications), information packets, newspaper clippings and press releases. Project files include correspondence, reports, publication mock-ups, and digital media on DVDs and CDs. Several folders in Box 11 and newspaper clippings in Box 13, 14 related to January 8th, 2011 tragedy including the medical care and the memorials and community response related to the University Medical Center. This collection is part of the Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL), a collection that focuses on the University of Arzona College of Medicine. It was transferred to Special Collections in 2018. Formerly collection number HT 0011, HT 0028, and HT 0050.
The UAHS Office of Public Affairs (OPA) provides media and community relations support, as well as strategic and crisis communications, for the University of Arizona Health Sciences, a network of health-related organizations and activities unique in the state and region. The principal entities that comprise UAHS are the University of Arizona College of Medicine (Tucson and Phoenix campuses); the UA Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health; the University of Arizona Cancer Center; Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center South. Based on the UA campus in Tucson, UAHS also maintains a growing presence on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus in downtown Phoenix.
OPA personnel are actively engaged in increasing awareness of UAHS and the vital roles it plays in research, education and health care for Arizona and the nation. Staff members collaborate with local and national media to facilitate print and broadcast feature stories, provide crisis and strategic communications support, produce publications for internal and external audiences, develop video communications, further outreach activities and maintain community connections through websites and new media.
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