Cynthia Standley, PhD

Cynthia Standley, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and the Director of the Art in Medicine program at the College. She is an accomplished medical educator with more than 25 years’ experience teaching physiology to both osteopathic and allopathic medical students. She founded the Art in Medicine program at the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix in 2014 and has partnered with the Phoenix Art Museum to provide arts education to students with the goal of improving patient care as well as student wellness. She has been funded by the Arizona Commission on the Arts for her Creativity in Elder Care program which teaches students how to use creative expression with elders and those with dementia to improve empathy and patient care. She is a certified Zentangle® Teacher, and teaches meditative pattern drawing to promote self-care and wellness. She is also certified through the QPR Institute to provide suicide awareness and prevention training. For her personal arts background, she is trained in botanical illustration and enjoys doing mixed media as well as other visual arts. She recently completed the Molly Blank Fund-ASU Gammage Teaching Artist program utilizing the Kennedy Center Arts Integration method.