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UCEDD Program

Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities

University of Arizona
Department of Family and Community Medicine
1521 E. Helen Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Main Phone: 520-626-0442
Main Fax: 520-626-0081
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sonoran_UCEDD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UAZSonoran.Center
Expanding Possibilities, Enhancing Independence

Faculty & Staff

Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
UCEDD Director Jacy Farkas, MA, ABD Other [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
Administrative Assistant M. Lupita Loftus, AA Business [email protected]
Fiscal and Regulatory Research Administrator Priyanka Sharma, MDS, MBA, GCSRT Business [email protected]
Program Manager, Administrative Operations Danielle Hallahan Other [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Communications Elizabeth Jeffrey-Franco, MPH Communications [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Agnes Attakai, MPA Public Administration [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Jacy Farkas, MA, ABD Other [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Elizabeth Jeffrey-Franco, MPH Communications [email protected]
Medical Director Tamsen Bassford, MD Medicine-Other [email protected]
Research Julie Armin, PhD Other [email protected]
Research Austin Duncan, MPA, PhD Other [email protected]
Training Director Jacy Farkas, MA, ABD Other [email protected]
Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Loretta Alvarez, MS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Lorie Sandaine, CWIC, CESP Other [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Medicine Tamsen Bassford, MD Medicine-Other [email protected]
Public Health Agnes Attakai, MPA Public Administration [email protected]
Public Health Burris "Duke" Duncan, MD Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Social Work Lynne Tomasa, PhD Social Work [email protected]
Special Education Loretta Alvarez, MS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Brandy James, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
Aging and Transition Project Futures Planning & Caregiver Roadmap Sexual Abuse and Violence Lynne Tomasa, PhD Social Work [email protected]
ArtWorks Director, Project I-AADAPT: Dementia Capable Care, Project Together: Expressive Art Grief Program Yumi Shirai, PhD Other [email protected]
Border Initiative; ARSOBO: Arizona Sonoran Border projects for inclusion; Intensive Physiotherapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy Burris "Duke" Duncan, MD Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Community Systems Change Liaison Barbara Brent, MS Public Administration [email protected]
Employment & Transition Program Manager Loretta Alvarez, MS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Medical Home Director; FCM Residency & Medical Student Education on DD; MedCats for Developmental Medicine Advisor Tamsen Bassford, MD Medicine-Other [email protected]
Native Initiatives Program Manager Agnes Attakai, MPA Public Administration [email protected]
Native Initiatives Project Coordinator - Youth Transition Rosa Rojas Franco Other [email protected]
Pre-ETS Project Coordinator Kelsey Montano Rehabilitation [email protected]
Project SEARCH Statewide Coordinator; Employment First Liaison Heather Dietrich, BA Education/Special Education [email protected]
Student Education Coordinator Celina Urquidez, MPH Public Health [email protected]
Systems Change Liaison; Customized Employment Pilot Program Lorie Sandaine, CWIC, CESP Other [email protected]
Undergraduate Certificate in DD Director; Transition & Foster Youth with Disabilities Jacy Farkas, MA, ABD Other [email protected]