Category: Innovation
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Connect2STEM helps students explore health care fields
College of Medicine – Phoenix’s community education program allows for hands-on learning. Students from Phoenix’s Estrella Middle School learned what it’s like to be in health care through the Connect2STEM program, courtesy of U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix medical students like Noah Shulkin, at right. Photo by Noelle Haro-Gomez, U of A…
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ASU, Phoenix Children’s provide real-life experience for student nurses
81% of students in Phoenix Children’s program hired as pediatric nurses Former ASU students Madi Dominguez and Adhieu Cithec receive instruction from Phoenix Children’s nurse Marcia Abrahamson. Dominguez and Cithec were part of the Phoenix Children’s cohort out of the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation and now work there. Photo courtesy of Phoenix…
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Arizona Commerce Authority and Partners Sign Declaration of Collaboration To Establish Taiwan AI Smart Health Showcase Center
Declaration of Collaboration will support Taiwan-based health care companies’ expansion into the U.S. with Arizona as a hub PHOENIX, AZ (October 10, 2025) — To advance health care and biomedical opportunities between Arizona and Taiwan, the Arizona Commerce Authority, Arizona State University (ASU), the City of Phoenix, and Taiwan Digital Health Industry Development Association signed a…
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Canada-based medtech company NeuroCatch, Inc. announces U.S. headquarters at Phoenix Bioscience Core
NeuroCatch, Inc. is advancing the expansion of its breakthrough brain health technology following its participation in the 2025 ASU–Mayo MedTech Accelerator PHOENIX (Oct. 9, 2025) — NeuroCatch Inc., a brain health technology company based out of British Columbia, announced today it will open its United States headquarters in Greater Phoenix at the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC).…
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Calviri Taking the Next Steps to Help a Man’s Best Friend
Phoenix, AZ (October 15, 2025) – In the United States, an estimated six million dogs are diagnosed with cancer every year, making it the leading cause of death in adult dogs. This staggering reality is exactly where Calviri intends to step in—and change the story. Founded in 2017 by Stephen Albert Johnston and Kathryn Sykes,…
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NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO ATTRACT HEALTHCARE TALENT TO ARIZONA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO ATTRACT HEALTHCARE TALENT TO ARIZONA A Collaborative Initiative to Address Arizona’s Healthcare Workforce Challenges The Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation’s Healthcare Collaborative is proud to announce the launch of Healthcare Careers in Phoenix, a new website in partnership with Visit Phoenix. This initiative supports a cross-organizational recruitment strategy aimed at…
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Falloposcope cancer screening tool testing advances to next steps
Jennifer Barton, PhD, is spearheading an effort to diagnose ovarian cancer earlier and give high-risk patients a new option. https://healthsciences.arizona.edu/media/oembed?url=https%3A//youtu.be/5_dEtlgAb98&max_width=0&max_height=0&hash=QmrIliikc2p3p0oDesMEIH1Sepc5O_BMbc9P6Vx9erQ Jennifer Barton, PhD, has spent decades working to improve the timeline for detecting ovarian cancer. She and her collaborators are now conducting two pilot trials using optimized versions of her patented falloposcope – the first endoscope…
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Ambient TCE Exposure Suggests Link to Parkinson’s Disease Risk Nationwide
(PHOENIX – Oct. 1, 2025) – A pioneering study by researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center suggests a potential link between ambient trichloroethylene (TCE) and Parkinson’s disease nationwide. The study, published October 1 in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, also found a potentially greater risk of Parkinson’s disease in…
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No Wires, No Limits — Hexoskin Joins XLR8 to Advance AI-Driven Health Tech
Phoenix, AZ (October 9, 2025) – The concept of smart wearable garments for health applications first emerged in 1996. Nearly two decades later, in 2013, Hexoskin transformed that vision into reality by creating the first commercially available, machine-washable smart garment — marking a major milestone in digital health innovation. Founded in 2006 by Pierre-Alexandre Fournier…
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INOVAIT and the Government of Canada announce latest Pilot Fund recipients at ALL IN 2025
Toronto, September 24, 2025 – Today, INOVAIT, Canada’s membership network promoting image-guided therapy (IGT) and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the latest recipients of the Pilot Fund at SCALE AI’s ALL IN event at the Palais des congrès in Montréal, Quebec. This competitive funding program is awarded to compelling medical technology projects that harness the transformative power of AI,…
