Suzanne Pfister, Phoenix health foundation leader, remembered as ‘true public servant’ / Arizona Republic
Suzanne Pfister, a longtime public servant who for more than a decade led Vitalyst Health Foundation, a Phoenix-based nonprofit focused on improving Arizonans’ health, died July 18. Pfister previously held a leadership role at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and was a strong advocate of the biosciences, including serving on the Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee. Read more: Longtime Valley health exec Suzanne Pfister, known for civic leadership, dies at 67
ASU, Mayo Clinic researchers are working on a faster way to diagnose Valley fever / KJZZ
Researchers at Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic are working on a new, faster way to find out if a patient has Valley fever, and the result has been licensed by the company Cactus Bio.
University of Arizona researchers are studying how to prevent asthma in young kids / KJZZ
Researchers from the University of Arizona are studying how to prevent asthma in young children by looking at how a certain medication can help develop the immune system.
ASU study looks at how plant-based materials could make plastics for semiconductors / KJZZ
Arizona State University researchers are starting a study looking into how bio-sourced plant-based materials might play into making semiconductors more sustainable.
Woman undergoes successful double lung transplant at Phoenix hospital, can sing again / KTAR
A 41-year-old woman underwent a successful double lung transplant last fall at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Norton Thoracic Institute in Phoenix and is singing once again following a decade-long battle with an autoimmune disease.
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