Margie Arnett, MS
Director
Univ of Arizona
Margie Arnett is the Director of The University of Arizona (UA) Center for Transformative Interprofessional Healthcare (CTIPH). CTIPH provides several large Interprofessional events throughout the year for the UA Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health. Her research interest include interprofessional education, social media, diversity in dental education, health disparities, and tobacco dependence education. Margie received awards for her volunteerism including Citizen of Achievement from the League of Women’s Voters, and Woman of Distinction from the CA State Senate & Assembly. She is also the co-founder of Giddyup Genie, a company that provides social media and texting software. Let's connect! Twitter, LinkedIn: @MargieArnett

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

This Lightning Talk describes how in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 14th annual Pandemic Interprofessional Education (IPE) exercise was refocused from an in-person session about an imaginary statewide influenza pandemic; to an online synchronous platform, with students learning from each other and experts about the necessity of interprofessional collaboration. The talk will address the conference theme of Person, Family, and Community-Engaged Practice and Education, as this exercise focused on the importance of health professionals engaging with the community in response to a public…
This Lightening Talk will describe how to develop and sustain a university and healthcare organization collaborative which can promote and support interprofessional education, practice, and research.Tell the story of the Arizona Nexus’s creation, disruption and resumption: The Arizona Nexus is a statewide collaborative between universities and healthcare organizations. The Arizona Nexus began as a pioneer Nexus Innovations Network member with the National Center, accelerating innovation through funding projects, establishing a shared vision, engaging leadership and the development of…