2nd Year Medical Student Analissa Cox Awarded the Inaugural White Coat Scholarship

Marian Frank
Marian Frank

Analissa Cox, a second-year medical student and a graduate of the college's Pathway Scholars Program, has been named this year’s recipient of the White Coat Scholarship. Her passion to serve others began as a child. The $9,600 scholarship will help support her medical education.

This scholarship is made possible by the White Coat Sponsor Program. Each year, the college raises funds to buy each medical student's white coat. In 2018, the college exceeded its goal of $25,000, ultimately raising $27,405.

It is only through the tremendous generosity of the Phoenix community and the college's supporters that such success was possible; and it enabled the college to provide white coats to 81 bright students, as they continue their journey to becoming physicians and contributing to the health of Arizona communities and beyond.

The charitable gifts received for the 2018 White Coat Sponsor Program will allow the college to increase the scholarship to $13,000 next year.

"The special community we have built, dedicated to students and the health of all our neighbors, will continue to grow and impact lives. I am immensely proud to be a part of it," said Dean Guy Reed, MD, MS.

The college would like to thank everyone for their continued support.

About the College

Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 800 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.