Tag: for faculty
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Phoenix Bioscience Core Unveils XLR8 PBC to Propel Scale-Ready Health Tech Companies
The Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) is excited to announce applications are now open for XLR8 PBC, taking place in Phoenix April 8-17, 2025. This intensive 8-day in-person program is designed for scale-ready health tech companies. XLR8 PBC helps participants secure appropriate capital, connect with experienced growth-stage executives, and establish corporate partnerships that validate market fit. During their time at PBC, companies also will have access to innovative collaboration…
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ASU selected as home and partner for CHIPS and Science Act-funded national facility for semiconductor advanced packaging
Following a week where a spirited effort by the Sun Devil football team captured the nation’s attention in the Peach Bowl, it is Arizona State University’s capability as a top-tier research university that has delivered ASU a momentous national win to kick off 2025. In a victory for the entire state and a critical step…
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$3.9 Million Grant Seeks to Expand Primary Care and Rural Tracks for Medical Student Training in Arizona
Grant funding aims to address the shortage of primary care physicians in underserved communities in Arizona Arizona is one of the fastest-growing states in the United States, but it is facing critical shortage of primary care physicians. Today, Arizona currently ranks 42nd in primary care access and will need 1,941 primary care physicians by 2030 to…
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2 ASU faculty elected as fellows to National Academy of Inventors
Work in virology, carbon sequestration honored Arizona State University faculty members Bertram Jacobs and Klaus Lackner have been elected as fellows to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Both are being honored for research that addresses a societal need. The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating…
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Shaping the Future: Highlights from the 2nd State of the PBC Event
On December 3, 2024, the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) hosted its 2nd annual State of the PBC event, drawing over 180 attendees from notable institutions such as ASU, NAU, UA, Honor Health, Barrow Neurological Institute, City of Phoenix, the Flinn Foundation, and other key bioscience stakeholders. The event kicked off with a warm and energizing…
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Introducing Investor Corner PBC: A New Hub for Investor-Company Connections
PHOENIX, AZ (January 8, 2025) – The Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) is proud to announce the launch of Investor Corner PBC — a dedicated space for investors to connect with innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers in the heart of Arizona’s bioscience ecosystem. Investor Corner is purposely situated within Connect Labs by Wexford, a flexible, scale-in-place lab…
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Edison Awards announces Michael M. Crow as 2025 Achievement Award honoree
ASU president recognized for pioneering leadership in innovation and higher education “As someone with deep admiration for Edison’s commitment to finding use-inspired solutions through imagination, hard work and perseverance, I have aspired to those ideals in my efforts to advance learning, discovery and impact. With the aid of many talented and equally dedicated colleagues, I…
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UofA Health Sciences Addresses Arizona Healthcare Workforce Shortage
The University of Arizona’s College of Health Sciences is expanding partnerships to address Arizona’s healthcare workforce shortage, especially in rural areas. “The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman Center for Rural Health reports that 93% of all physical therapists work in urban areas.” The initiative collaborates with hospitals and clinics to attract health professionals to underserved…
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UofA College of Medicine Phoenix Welcomes New Faculty
New Faculty Reception at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix celebrates the many new faces of research and medical education at the Phoenix Bioscience Core. This week, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix hosted a reception introducing eighteen new faculty members in the Grand Canyon space located between the Health…
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Turning data into knowledge: How Health Observatory at ASU aims to educate public
New Executive Director David Engelthaler wants to build health planetariums across university This is how David Engelthaler described his first couple of months on the job as executive director of the Health Observatory at Arizona State University: “It’s been a little bit of drinking from the fire hose,” he said. Engelthaler expected nothing less when he decided…
