Daniel Derksen, MD is the University of Arizona Health Sciences UAHS) Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Outreach Interprofessional Activities. He is a Professor of Public Health in the Community, Environment Policy Department in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health MEZCOPH) with joint appointments in the UArizona College of Medicine COM) Family Community Medicine Department and the College of Nursing. Since 2013 he has served as the Walter H. Pearce Endowed Chair and Director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health AzCRH) and since 2019 the Senior Advisor and PI for the Arizona Area Health Education Center Program. His current activities include informing legislative, regulatory and program policy to improve health equity; increasing health insurance coverage; reducing the uninsured; narrowing health disparities; developing, implementing and evaluating interprofessional serving learning sites; and working to assure a well-trained and distributed health workforce to meet the health needs of all Arizonans.