Flinn to host April 8 Bioscience Progress Report/ Flinn Foundation
Join Arizona State University’s Sethuraman Panchanathan, Ph.D., Flinn Foundation’s Tammy McLeod, Ph.D., and Greater Phoenix Economic Council’s Christine Mackay for the annual Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Progress Report event, presented by the Flinn Foundation. The virtual event will be held from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 8.
Phoenix approves $50M for ASU medical school as part of downtown bioscience campus / Phoenix Business Journal
The city of Phoenix has made its largest direct investment into a single bioscience project with the approval of $50 million for ASU Health in the downtown Phoenix Bioscience Core, which includes the future home of ASU’s John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering. Read more: ASU medical school builds curriculum from ‘ground up’ to address health disparities
Colorectal cancer patients are younger. Mayo Clinic has new ways to help / Arizona Republic
Mayo Clinic in Arizona is piloting a cancer center specifically for people who are under 50 and diagnosed with colorectal or another type of gastrointestinal cancer, using a multidisciplinary team of specialists and a molecular profile of individual patients’ tumors to treat and detect the risk of cancer recurrence. Read more: 10 things to know about Mayo Clinic in Arizona
TENWEST expands to 6 days for 11th annual Tucson festival / Tucson Spotlight
The 11th annual TENWEST entrepreneurial festival, which runs through March 29, offers a blend of workshops, experiences, and networking where creators and small business owners can connect and discuss the future of their work.
Banner UMC becomes first Tucson hospital to use robotic surgery for kidney transplants / 13 News
Banner University Medical Center has become the first hospital in Tucson to use robotic surgery for living kidney donor transplants, a technique doctors say could reduce barriers to donation and shorten recovery times.
End of an era: Who will care for Arivaca when its only doctor retires? / Cronkite NewsIn Arivaca, a quiet, unincorporated community about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, he is the only doctor for miles. Dr. Donald Smith, 67, has been trying to retire for just over a year, but the search for his replacement at the Arivaca clinic has been far from easy.
Upcoming Events /
March 30: ASU IMPACT MS application deadline
April 6-12: Arizona Tech Week
April 7: AZAdvances Health Innovation Showcase
April 8: Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Progress Report
April 11: 2026 Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium Public Conference
April 23: AZBio Spring Reception at BioLab Holdings
April 29-May 5: 2nd Annual Research Week
May 12-13: Phoenix Global Forum 2026
June 22-25: BIO International Convention
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