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Healthcare Pathways: Building a Bridge for University Interns & Healthcare Providers – WEBINAR
Arizona faces urgent shortages in nursing, behavioral health, and allied health professions, intensifying the need for a well-prepared healthcare workforce. The upcoming webinar, Healthcare Pathways: Building a Bridge for University Interns & Healthcare Providers, hosted by Mercy Care and the Phoenix Bioscience Core, will connect the state’s 3 public universities with healthcare organizations to expand…
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ASU partners with biotech luminary to launch life science business program
Gift funds McKenna Life Sciences, Business and Entrepreneurship Program designed for health care leaders Mark and Sheri McKenna. Courtesy photo From driving research breakthroughs to bringing new treatments to market, life sciences and business professionals are increasingly in demand. Arizona State University is meeting that demand with the launch of the McKenna Life Sciences, Business and…
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Heart of Discovery: Celebrating 5 Years of Innovation in Translational Cardiovascular Research at UA COM-P
We are excited to announce the fifth anniversary of the Translational Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. Heart of Discovery: Celebrating 5 Years of Innovation In Translational Cardiovascular Research at UACOM-P We would like to take the opportunity to recognize the great strides that the University of Arizona…
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International Startups Explore US Market with U of A Center for Innovation
May 12, 2025 (Tucson, Ariz,)— Two international startups from Mexico and Chile joined the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) Soft Landings program with support from Tech Parks Arizona’s Global Advantage Partners, from April 28 through May 9. Tucson offers strategic advantages for international startups, including relatively low business costs, access to major markets, and…
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Michael Yudell appointed dean of College of Health Solutions
Named interim dean in 2024, Yudell has positioned the college as a ‘vital contributor to the broader ASU Health vision’ Michael Yudell has been appointed dean of Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions. Yudell joined ASU in 2021 as the college’s first vice dean and a professor. He stepped into the interim dean role in July 2024. “Michael…
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ASU students design accessible motorized training wheelchairs for children
Founder of Mobility Independence Foundation says their ingenuity can better lives for kids, their families Ten-year-old Zaiiden Mendivil tests out a motorized wheelchair prototype during the HCI Design Challenge showcase held at 850 PBC in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, April 26. The event was the culmination of a semester-long internship where students were challenged to…
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Accomplished ‘double devil’ completes doctorate early with novel gut-brain axis research
College of Health Solutions Outstanding Graduate Student Emily Dow — who earned her bachelor’s degree at ASU — completed her PhD in exercise and nutritional sciences in just three years. College of Health Solutions Outstanding Graduate Student Emily Dow has grown into a highly accomplished doctoral student, completing her PhD in exercise and nutritional sciences in just three…
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Health Sciences colleges merge art and humanities with science
The wealth of arts and humanities programs offered boost wellness and help create more empathetic health care providers. Yunjia Yang, PhD, couldn’t bear to watch her beloved grandmother slip into the dark solitude of Alzheimer’s disease. Her grandmother couldn’t recognize her anymore, so Yang — a trained dancer — tried to reach her in other ways.…
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First-of-Its-Kind Cancer Therapy Targets ‘Undruggable’ Protein Interaction
Phoenix scientists pioneer a new cancer therapy by disrupting a protein link that helps tumors survive and spread A groundbreaking cancer therapy being developed in Phoenix is rewriting the rules of drug discovery by targeting what scientists have long considered “undruggable”— a critical interaction between two proteins that drive tumor growth and spreading. In findings…
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HonorHealth Research Institute is the first of 50 sites worldwide to treat a patient in a new clinical study aimed at melanoma
New therapy uses modified immune-system T cells to target PRAME, a peptide commonly found in difficult-to-treat melanoma skin cancer tumors SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — April 29, 2025 — HonorHealth Research Institute recently treated the first patient in a 50-site international clinical trial that will test a new type of therapy aimed at difficult-to-treat melanoma, an aggressive type…
