Category: Health News
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ASU med school to serve community through health outcomes, partnerships
School designed to provide economic, social benefits for all Arizonans, ASU president tells local leaders at event ASU President Michael Crow (left) and John Shufeldt talk about ASU’s new medical school during the annual Thought Leader Forum hosted by SRP on Feb. 26 at the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health on ASU’s…
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Phoenix Startup Gravitrex Beats Wins Global Innovation Prize at Venture Café’s Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final
Pitch2Tokyo Phoenix-based startup Gravitrex has secured a major victory on the global stage, bringing home the Japan Prize from the Venture Café Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final. Representing Venture Café Phoenix, Gravitrex co-founder Kira Burns triumphed over international competition at Venture Café Global Institute’s flagship Global Gathering 2026, held in Tokyo on February 19. The gathering attracted…
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Arizona’s Healthcare Workforce Shortage: A Call to Action for Providers
Healthcare workforce shortages are not theoretical — they are actively shaping care delivery across Arizona. Providers are balancing rising demand with limited staffing. Patients are experiencing longer wait times, traveling farther for care, and in some cases delaying treatment altogether. Across specialties and care settings, the strain is real. But within this challenge lies opportunity. …
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Center for Transitional Neuro-Rehabilitation Celebrates 40 Years
The Center for Transitional Neuro-Rehabilitation (CTN) at Barrow Neurological Institute is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. This one-of-a-kind, holistic, milieu program serves as the last step in the continuum of care at Barrow, enabling patients with acquired brain injuries to return to optimal functioning—whether their goal is independence in the home or community or productivity at work or school.…
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How NAU is addressing health at a community level
A grant from a regional First Things First program aims to streamline how families with young children receive help in the Coconino region. Photo credit: Doreen Holtje Research scientists Kelly Nation and Mark Remiker at the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) are co-principal investigators on a project focusing on four towns—Williams, Fredonia, Page and Winslow—and their adoption and use of the CommunityCares portal. This statewide system integrates healthcare…
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Banner – University Medicine Physician and College Faculty Member Leads U.S. Early Feasibility Efforts in Treating Complex Heart Rhythm Disorders
Peter Weiss, MD, is an associate clinical professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. Dr. Peter Weiss’ research uses ultra-cold cryoablation for complex ventricular arrhythmias. Ventricular arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm that affects the lower chambers of the heart, which are responsible for pumping blood throughout the…
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ASU construction projects for 2026 will include 2 iconic buildings
Improvements to student buildings, new residence halls also in store The Student Union on the Polytechnic campus as seen from a drone on April 8, 2025. The building will start undergoing renovations this year. Photo by Samantha Chow/Arizona State University Work on one of Arizona State University’s most significant construction projects is scheduled to start…
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Using AI to map rural walkability — and reduce cancer risk
An Arizona State University researcher is harnessing artificial intelligence to uncover how pedestrian environments in rural communities influence physical activity and cancer prevention An example of the AI tool developed for the Pedestrian Environment and Physical Activity in Rural Landscapes project in action, successfully identifying pedestrian features. The project trains artificial intelligence using omnidirectional images like…
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Text message campaign aims to fight HPV-associated cancers in Arizona
Could a simple text message help prevent a cancer diagnosis? Naomi Lee hopes so. With $435,000 in funding from Merck & Co., Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at NAU, is developing a text message campaign that will raise awareness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among historically underserved Arizonans, including people from rural and Native American…
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ASU students produce winning video showing dangers of fentanyl use
Competition sponsored by Arizona attorney general’s office ASU graduate students (clockwise from left) Nichole Escobedo, Emma Eckert, Leela Udupa and Jocelyn Romero celebrate their winning entry in the Arizona attorney general’s contest focused on raising fentanyl awareness. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News The message appears one second into the 26-second video: “Fentanyl is 50x stronger…
