The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Student Publication
Sophie Sun
Sophie Sun is a medical student at The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, class of 2018. She completed her undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley and earned a PhD in chemical biology from The Scripps Research Institute, where she focused on unnatural amino acid incorporation and antibody engineering. Some of her current academic interests include student-run free clinics, vaccine compliance, and accountability in research. However, she might sound more excited when talking to you about classic American cinema, urban compost collection, and French dessert recipes. Her true passion lies in learning how to make the perfect puff pastry.
November Response Our last ethics question concerned discrimination against a practicing Muslim physician and the role of hospital administrators in enforcing zero-tolerance discrimination policies: You are an administrator at a community hospital. As you are walking to the...
In our current age of medicine, we often tout the benefits of evidence-based medicine for our patients: better outcomes with fewer unneeded interventions. However, even the name of this approach depends upon the nature of the evidence, which...
It’s July again in Phoenix. For most, this just signals our yearly retreat into the great indoors as the 110 °F weather scorches the earth and melts our tires to the asphalt. For the UA College of Medicine...
The past week in our country’s politics has left many of us stunned. Whatever our personal opinions, there had been a pretty clear idea of what we thought the two Americas were ever since the 2000 election permanently...
When I was asked to write this article, I initially declined. First of all, I wasn’t really sure what I would write about. A piece on being atheist in medicine would be just a piece about me in...
No, but where are you REALLY from? Unlike some of their friends who sent their children to visit relatives almost every summer, my parents did not bring my sister and me to China until after my high school...
# Trends in vaccine hesitancy in the United States have led to the resurgence of several infectious diseases, including measles, mumps, and pertussis. Arizona’s regulation of nonmedical exemptions (NMEs) is relatively lenient compared to that of other states,...
