Category: In the News
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AZAdvances Health Innovation Showcase Highlights Arizona’s Growing Bioscience Ecosystem
The AZAdvances Health Innovation Showcase featured an exciting lineup of Arizona-based innovators revolutionizing the future of healthcare through technologies, data solutions, and patient-focused strategies. During the event, numerous companies across diagnostics, digital health, therapeutics, and care delivery presented their ideas and visions for the future. Presenting companies included ExperiENT Medical, HemaSense, Hydrawav3 LLC, Emagine Solutions…
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Seven Arizona research projects earn $100K grants from Flinn Foundation
PHOENIX—Seven Arizona-based research teams have been awarded $100,000 grants from the Flinn Foundation as members of the 2026 Translational Seed Grants Program cohort. The new awardees represent six institutions — two from Arizona State University and one each from HonorHealth Research Institute, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Translational Genomics Research Institute, or TGen, and University of…
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‘At the edge of the future’: ASU breaks ground for better health outcomes for Arizona
ASU Health headquarters to house new medical, technology schools Dirt is turned during a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future site of the ASU Health headquarters in downtown Phoenix on April 9. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News Arizona State University is taking a huge step toward addressing one of the biggest crises in the U.S. —…
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Preparing the next generation of dementia care professionals | Elevate, The Campaign for NAU
At Northern Arizona University, more than 200 students recently came together across disciplines—alongside roughly 30 faculty and community partners—to better understand one of the most pressing and complex health challenges facing Arizona communities: dementia. The Interprofessional Development, Engagement, and Advancement (IDEA) Symposium on Aging and Dementia brought together NAU students from social work, psychology, nursing,…
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Remote Patient Monitoring Service Developed by College Alumnus
Tether provides virtual supervision and remote patient monitoring, bringing timely, high-quality care to rural communities and beyond. Co-founded by Sam Beger, MD, Tether Supervision uses technology to expand access to physician-led care Sam Beger, MD, a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s Class of 2021, cares about the future of…
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HonorHealth CEO Todd LaPorte named W. P. Carey’s Executive of the Year
TEMPE, Ariz., April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — With more than 40 years of diverse health care experience, Todd LaPorte has led HonorHealth through growth, innovation, and expanded access to high-quality care across the Phoenix metropolitan area. As CEO since 2017, LaPorte oversees an integrated health system that includes nine acute-care hospitals, hundreds of outpatient facilities,…
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How a brain parasite persists — and the scientist studying it
Chandrasekaran “Arun” Sambamurthy at the University of Arizona studies how the parasite Toxoplasma survives inside the human brain, research shaped in part by the BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Chandrasekaran “Arun” Sambamurthy studies how the parasite Toxoplasma gondii survives inside neurons, combining parasite biology, neuroscience and immunology to understand how infections can persist in the brain. Lily…
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Putting the pieces of health care together
Health systems science will help ASU Health students make most of their careers Swapna Reddy (left) and Kristen Will are co-course directors for health systems science at the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering. Graphic by Chad Musch/ASU ASU Health has embarked on its mission to transform health care and create a new…
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Quantum science outreach program sees Golden State expansion
Since its creation in 2022, SparCQS has introduced thousands of individuals to the not-so-small world of quantum science. Housed within the Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Access (¡MIRA!), the workforce development initiative, whose name is an acronym for Sparking Curiosity in Quantum Science, delivers a trailer’s worth of colorful, approachable quantum science demonstrations to K-12…
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HonorHealth Research Institute patient receives new type of lumbar spine disc repair, alleviating pain and restoring range of motion
First such procedure in Arizona and only second time procedure is used in the U.S. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — March 31, 2026 — For the first time in Arizona, and only the second time in the U.S., HonorHealth Research Institute treated a patient with a new type of lumbar spine disc repair that provides immediate relief of…
