Step-Up Core Mentors

Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD

Professor, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Director, Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention & Health Promotion
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Medicine
Professor, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program

Email Address: cthomson@email.arizona.edu

David O Garcia, PhD

Assistant Professor, Public Health

Email Address: davidogarcia@email.arizona.edu

Lindsay Kohler, PhD, MPH

Email Address: lschulz@email.arizona.edu (link sends e-mail)

Phone Number: (520) 626-335

Elizabeth T Jacobs, PhD

Professor, Public Health

Email Address: jacobse@email.arizona.edu

Francine C Gachupin, PhD, MPH, CIP

Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Assistant Director, Cancer Disparities Institute
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP

Email Address: fcgachupin@email.arizona.edu

John Ehiri PhD, MPH, MSc

Professor and Department Chair, Health Promotion Sciences

Email Address: jehiri@email.arizona.edu

Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS

Associate Dean, Professional / Community Engagement - Nursing
Associate Professor, Nursing
Research Assistant Professor, Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Endowed Professor, Ann Furrow - College of Nursing

Email Address: mkoithan@nursing.arizona.edu

Nirav Merchant

Director, UA Data Science Institute (Data7) Co-PI, CyVerse Image Informatics (Interim)

Email Address: nirav@email.arizona.edu

Patricia Haynes, PhD

Associate Professor

Email Address: thaynes@email.arizona.edu

Richard J Simpson, PhD

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Email Address: rjsimpson@email.arizona.edu

Robin B Harris, PhD, MPH

Professor, Public Health
Co-Director, Skin Cancer Institute

Email Address: rbharris@email.arizona.edu

Scott B Going, PhD

Department Head, Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Public Health
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP

Email Address: going@email.arizona.edu