U of A announces milestone: $1 billion-plus in annual research spending / Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona projects its research activity exceeded $1 billion in fiscal year 2024—which it says would put the university into a select group of top research institutions—including advancing a vaccine for Valley fever to human clinical trial.
Orthopedic physicians group that works with Arizona Cardinals names new CEO / Phoenix Business Journal
Dr. Rajan Bhatt, a board-certified cardiologist and health care executive, has been named CEO Of OrthoArizona, one of the state’s largest privately-held orthopedic groups which provides team physicians for professional sports teams.
University of Arizona study yields promise for future addiction recovery / KOLD
A new study from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction has yielded promising results including identifying a drug to reduce the desire for cocaine.
HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center enters final stage of $170M expansion / Arizona Digital Free Press
The $170 million HonorHealth expansion at the north Phoenix Deer Valley Medical Center, a level 1 trauma care hospital, will include a new four-story building, four new operating rooms in the surgical area, and support services building.
Tucson’s Sierra K-8 advances in national STEM competition / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona will be represented by six schools in a national STEM competition including Sierra K-8 School in the Sunnyside Unified School District in Tucson, which will compete for a $100,000 national award.
Arizona health innovation sector generates $43.64 billion of economic impact / AZ Big Media (Op-ed)
Joan Koerber-Walker, president and CEO of the Arizona Bioindustry Association, writes about a new Biotechnology Innovation Organization and Council of State Bioscience Associations report that revealed Arizona’s health innovation ecosystem generated $43.64 billion in economic impact in 2023 including an increase in companies, jobs, and venture capital.
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