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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…
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Artist + Researcher Applications are open!
The Artist + Researcher program (ARx) at Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) is the largest initiative of the PBC Arts Committee, offering scientists the opportunity to collaborate with local artists to create pieces that visually interpret and communicate their scientific research and innovations. ARx was birthed in 2021 when the PBC connected with the Phoenix-based Bentley…
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Lara Ferry promoted to Vice President of Research at ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise
It takes a special understanding of faculty to be an effective leader at a major research university. You have a responsibility to advance the research mission while also taking care of the people who fulfill it. That’s what gets Lara Ferry excited about officially taking on the role of vice president of research at Arizona…
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Scientist hopes to cure Type 1 diabetes by disguising stem cells
Dr. Hannah Pizzato, a scientist at the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, is working on a stem cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes. People have been waiting a long time for a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Hannah Pizzato, PhD, is one of them. “My whole life I was…
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HonorHealth named primary clinical affiliate for new ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering
Arizona State University and HonorHealth, a locally owned nonprofit health system, announced today that they have finalized an agreement for HonorHealth to serve as the primary clinical affiliate for ASU’s School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, a central component of ASU Health. Driven by a mutual desire to advance health care through technology and humanity,…
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President’s Alumni Award winner for CHHS – Dr. Michael Harris-Love
Dr. Michael Harris-Love is the 2024 winner from CHHS of the President’s Alumni Award. Get to know him, his pathway to becoming a physical therapist, and what it means to him to be recognized with this award. As a first-generation college grad who was raised by a single parent in East Detroit, there was no…
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Dissemination and implementation science is becoming more of a staple in everyday research
According to the National Institutes of Health, a research project takes an average of 17 years to make it into clinical practice, not including abandoned projects. Professors at the College of Health Solutions, Matthew Buman and Cady Berkel, wanted a way for innovative science to become more impactful. Six years ago, Buman and Berkel created the Dissemination and Implementation Affinity Network(D&I…
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Leading the charge to discover answers in immunology
Dr. Deepta Bhattacharya is shepherding a new era in immunology research as the inaugural executive director of the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, remembers the mouse that humbled him. An ordinary mouse, in most respects, save a single missing gene. And Bhattacharya was going to…
