Multigenerational Faculty Members Take Long View

Careers in medicine can be generational choices, with children following in their parents' footsteps to become physicians or medical researchers. A 2020 Stanford University study found that people born in the 1980s were three times more likely to follow in a parent's footsteps and become a doctor than those born in the 1950s.

At the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, which is celebrating its 55th anniversary this month, a number of parent-child faculty dyads offer a multigenerational history for students and trainees.