Advancing diabetes research and serving an at-risk community
![[A Hispanic family in a kitchen preparing a healthy meal together]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/06072024-tina_teran_family_klh2259-herocard.jpg?itok=r1NezVeq "Preparing healthy meals with her family, including niece Amaya Teran, is one of the ways Tina Teran manages her Type 2 diabetes. (Photo by Kris Hanning, UArizona Health Sciences Office of Communications)")
Preparing healthy meals with her family, including niece Amaya Teran, is one of the ways Tina Teran (in red polka dot apron) manages her Type 2 diabetes. (Photo by Kris Hanning, UArizona Health Sciences Office of Communications)
Tina Teran worked in the Pima County Health Department for 10 years. She knew being overweight could damage her health, but like many people, her attempts at dieting ultimately failed. Then, a medical emergency put things in perspective.
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Welcome to summer where, in Tucson, we’re always in a heat dome! In this issue of Internal Digest (Vol.![[Image of flyer for this event]](/sites/default/files/styles/small_image/public/tmc_im_gr_2024.07.05_hiv_prep_update_695x900px.jpg?itok=nHXk_v88 "Image of flyer for this event")
“HIV & Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): A non-ID clinician’s guide to expand access in Southern Arizona”