Category: Innovation
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NovaWave And Arizona Commerce Authority Launch New AI Venture Studio In Arizona
LG NOVA-Supported Fund and Investment Vehicle Welcomes AZ Venture Capital Inc. and Sunny Day Sports as New Investors PHOENIX, AZ (January 7, 2026) — Together with anchor Limited Partner LG Electronics, NovaWave unveiled a collaboration with the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) to launch WaveX, an AI venture studio designed to accelerate innovation in healthcare, energy, sports,…
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Applications for XLR8 PBC are now open!
XLR8 PBC is Arizona’s premier program for scale-ready health tech companies, hosted at the Phoenix Bioscience Core As a founder/CEO of this program, you will get out of working IN your business and start working ON your business, providing clarity and direction, access to professionals and investors, and a place in the greater Phoenix ecosystem. Still have questions? Register for one of our information sessions…
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HonorHealth Research Institute stroke patient is first in Arizona to receive a new treatment to clear blocked blood vessels in the brain
‘RAISE’ targets bloodstream platelets to reduce the effect of stroke, one of the nation’s leading causes of death and disability SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jan. 20, 2026 — A stroke patient at HonorHealth Research Institute is the first in Arizona to receive a new investigational treatment that targets platelets — rather than traditional clotting proteins — to help reopen…
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Ekokobe Fonkem, DO, Joins the College as Vice Chair and Professor of Neurology
Ekokobe Fonkem, DO Ekokobe Fonkem, DO, has joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix as vice chair and professor of Neurology. He is also the new chief of Neuro-oncology at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. “Dr. Fonkem is a seasoned leader, who will bring incomparable research and clinical expertise to our department and…
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AI for action
A new grant will create a visionary program designed to empower high school students to drive real change in their communities. With funding from the National Communication Association’s 2026 Communication Pedagogy Grant , NAU associate professor Zhan Xu and professor of practice Janice Sweeter, along with collaboration from K. Hazel Kwon from Arizona State University and Young Eun Moon from the University of Mississippi, are developing an innovative curriculum to show teens how…
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Research expenditures ranking underscores ASU’s dramatic growth in high-impact science
University officially surpasses $1 billion in research, leading to advances in dementia care, cancer detection, defense and AI Biochemistry PhD student Saborni Chowdhury looks at samples in an incubator at a coral research lab in the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health in Tempe. Photo by Samantha Chow/Arizona State University Arizona State University…
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HonorHealth Desert Mission leads Produce Prescription Program to improve health and food security
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Jan. 12, 2026) – HonorHealth, a leading Valley-based nonprofit healthcare system serving more than five million people in the greater Phoenix area, is expanding its approach to community health with the launch of its new Produce Prescription Program led by HonorHealth Desert Mission. The initiative is funded by a nearly $500,000 grant from the U.S.…
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ARx 2 Spotlight: Message in a Bottle Reaches Global Audience
The PBC is proud to announce the publication of Anne Titelbaum, Mary Lucking, and Cynthia Stadley’s article, “An arts-based approach for communicating paleopathological research to public audiences: the Phoenix Bioscience Core’s Artist + Researcher (ARx) program” in the STM-based database ScienceDirect for their collaboration in the Artist x Researcher cohort 2 (ARx2). Their artwork, Message in…
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Arizona Physiological Society Annual Meeting Spotlighted Groundbreaking Research
Chris Glembotski, PhD, Shanna Hamilton, PhD, Leslie Leinwand, PhD, Shirin Doroudgar, PhD, Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA, professor and department head of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson, and Tobias Jakobi, PhD, at the symposium. The 18th annual meeting showcased developments in physiology research The 18th Arizona Physiological Society Annual Meeting, hosted…
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An 8-Year, Cross-Country Journey to Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation Surgery
Sabrina Mancini spent nearly a decade seeking an accurate diagnosis for her worsening neurological symptoms. Finally, she learned she had a rare blood vessel abnormality in her spinal cord that would be risky to treat—but even riskier to leave alone. After requesting an online second opinion from Barrow vascular neurosurgeon Michael T. Lawton, MD, Sabrina…
