Nicole Person-Rennell, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Nicole Person-Rennell grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Arizona State University (ASU) as a Flinn Scholar, graduating summa cum laude with a global studies degree and winning an award for most outstanding thesis project from Barrett, the Honors College for her work in intimate partner violence. Dr. Person-Rennell received her medical degree from Mayo Medical School and her master’s degree in public health with distinction from Cambridge University in England on the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She completed her family medicine residency training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she was awarded most outstanding intern, and completed an additional year as Chief Resident.

After joining the University of Arizona in 2018 as clinical faculty in the Department of Family and Community Department, she served as core faculty in the FCM residency program.  She joined the clinical team for the FCM Mobile Health Program (MHP) in 2020 and stepped into the role of medical director for the program in 2022.  She also works clinically at the El Rio Abrams clinic, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and community partnership clinic with El Rio and Banner University Medicine.  With the MHP, she has expanded her research work including evaluating program outcomes (e.g., obstetric quality metrics), health screening program data, and hypertension/diabetes control rates.  

Dr Person-Rennell has received numerous awards for her work as an educator and clinician at UA since 2018.  She has received the College of Medicine Tucson Academy of Medical Education Scholars (COMT AMES) Education Award for Teaching Innovation for her work establishing a community medicine training pathway and was recognized as a Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Torchbearer in 2023 for work advancing care for patients without health insurance in the MHP.  She was selected for the Spurring Success for Women in Medicine and Science (SSWIMS) leadership fellowship in 2025.

Her recent publications have centered on her work in reproductive health with Dr Alicia Allen, with ongoing projects in reproductive health and substance use disorder, as well as her work with the MHP.