The University of Arizona

 

Patti J. King
Senior Associate, Academic Affairs
Office of Academic Affairs
MLK 320
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210128
Tucson, AZ 85721-0128

Phone: (520) 621-1847
Fax: (520) 621-1008 
pattik@u.arizona.edu 

UA Research Centers and Institutes

Officially approved research centers and institutes at the University of Arizona are listed below.  For information regarding a center or institute, please contact the center director or the sponsoring college or unit.

Center or Institute Name

Sponsoring College / Unit

Advanced Traffic and Logistics Algorithms and Systems (ATLAS)

Engineering / Systems & Industrial Engineering

Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine, Center for

Medicine - Phoenix Campus

Applied Research in Anthropology, Bureau of (BARA)

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Anthropology

Applied Sociology, Center for 

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Sociology

Arid Lands Information Center (ALIC)  

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Office of Arid Lands Studies

Arizona Arthritis Center 

Medicine

Arizona Cancer Center 

Medicine

Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

Medicine

Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation (ACIMS) 

Engineering

Arizona Center for Judaic Studies 

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences

Science / Mathematicss

Arizona Center on Aging 

Arizona Health Sciences Center

Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center (AEMRC)

Medicine

Arizona Geochronology Center

Science / Geosciences

Arizona Geriatric Education Center

Arizona Health Sciences Center

Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence

Medicine

Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center

Pharmacy

Arizona Remote Sensing Center (ARSC)

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Office of Arid Lands Studies

Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE)

Engineering and Science

Arizona Respiratory Center 

Medicine

Astronomical Adaptive Optics, Center for

Science / Astronomy

Atmospheric Physics, Institute of

Science / Atmospheric Sciences

Autonomic Computing, Center for (CAC)

Engineering / Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bionational Migration Institute (BMI)

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Mexican American Studies

BIO5 Institute

Vice President for Research

Cancer Health Disparities Institute

Medicine / Arizona Cancer Center

Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion Public Health

Children, Youth and Families, Frances McClelland Institute for

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Family & Consumer Sciences

Climate Dynamics and Hydrometeorology Center

Science / Atmospheric Sciences

Confluence: Center for Creative Inquiry

Vice President for Research

Consciousness Studies, Center for

Science / Psychology

Creative Photography, Center for

UA Libraries

Drachman Institute for Land and Regional Development Studies, Roy P.

Architecture & Landscape Architecture

Economic and Business Research Center

Management

Electronic Packaging Research, Center for

Engineering / Electrical & Computer Engineering

Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing 

Engineering / Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Environment, Institute of the

Vice President for Research

Equity and Opportunity, Center for Research on

Vice President for Research

Gamma-Ray Imaging, Center for

Arizona Health Sciences Center

Global Health Institute

Public Health

Hanson Arizona Film Institute, Jack & Vivian

Fine Arts / Media Arts

Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research, Center for

Pharmacy

Higher Education, Center for the Study of

Education / Educational Policies Studies & Practice

Impacts of Urban Development in Southern Arizona’s Desert Environment, Center on

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Natural Resources & the Environment

Innovation in String Music Teaching, Institute for

Fine Arts / Music

Insect Science, Center for

Arizona Research Laboratories

INSITE: Business Intelligence and Analytics Center

Management / Management Information Systems

Interpretation Testing, Research and Policy, National Center for

Humanities and Office of International Affairs

Latin American Studies, Center for

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Latin American Studies

Leadership Ethics, Center for

Management/ Management & Organizations

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies, Institute for

Vice President for Research

Liver Research Center

Medicine

Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources (IMR)

Engineering

Lundgren Center for Retailing and Consumer Sciences, Terry J.

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Family & Consumer Sciences

Management of Information, Center for the

Management

Management Innovations in Healthcare, Center for (CMIH)

Management

McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship

Management

McKnight Brain Institute, Evelyn F.

Arizona Research Laboratories

Mexican American Studies and Research Center (MASRC)

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Mexican American Studies

Middle Eastern Studies, Center for

Social & Behavioral Sciences

National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD)

Social & Behavioral Sciences/School of Government & Public Policy

Native American Research and Training Center (NARTC)

Medicine / Family & Community Medicine

Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy

Vice President for Research

Optical Data Storage Center

Optical Sciences

Philosophy of Freedom, Center for the

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Philosophy

Physical Activity & Nutrition, Center for (CPAN)

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Nutritional Sciences

Planetary Habitability & Sustainability, Institute for 

Science and Planetary Sciences

Rehnquist Center on the Constitutional Structures of Government, William H. 

Law

Rombach Institute on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections 

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Public Administration

Rural Health, Center for

Public Health

Science and Mathematics Education Center (SAMEC)

Science

Skin Cancer Institute

Medicine

Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Southwest Center

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Southwest Center for Natural Products Research and Commercialization

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Office of Arid Lands Studies

Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center

Pharmacy

Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW)

Social & Behavioral Sciences / Gender & Women’s Studies

Space Engineering Research Center (SERC)—for Utilization of Local Planetary Resources 

Engineering / Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Space Imagery Center 

Science / Planetary Science

Steele Children's Research Center

Medicine

Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas, Center for

Engineering

Take Charge America (TCA) Institute for Consumer Financial Education Research 

Agriculture & Life Sciences / Family & Consumer Sciences

Toxicology, Center for 

Pharmacy

Toxicology and Pharmacology Education and Research, Center for 

Pharmacy/ Poison & Drug Information Center; Medicine-Phoenix/ Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

Triestman Fine Arts Center for New Media, Peter

Fine Arts

Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy

Vice President for Research

University of Arizona Poetry Center

Humanities

University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center

Medicine

Valley Fever Center for Excellence

Medicine

Venom Immunochemistry Pharmacology and Emergency Response Institute (VIPER) 

Medicine

Water Resource Research Center 

Agriculture & Life Sciences

Updated 11/27/2012