Innovating in health

A few months ago, the university announced bold plans for ASU Health, a far-reaching transuniversity effort with our partners in the Valley and across the nation. It is an important new initiative to improve Arizona’s health outcomes.

This unprecedented effort to create a “learning health ecosystem” will accelerate and focus the university’s healthrelated efforts to tackle our state’s most pressing challenges. It includes the creation of two innovative first-in-the-nation schools: the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering and the School of Public Health Technology — as well as a vision for ASU Clinics to provide community care and serve as a hub for experiential learning and clinical research.

In addition, we will address critical shortages in nursing and other health professions through focused accelerated growth in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation and in the College of Health Solutions. Through our Learning Enterprise, the university will offer robust programs in health professional upskilling and interprofessional training.

We have a critical opportunity to address Arizona’s significant and growing health care needs and to develop new and effective solutions. ASU has the imagination, experience and will to do it. Over the past 20 years, the university has shown that we know how to create transformative change at scale for our local community, nation and world.

You can read about a handful of our latest medical innovations in this issue, including the first-ever human trial and treatment for a rare disease called Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, which shows that a healthy biome reduces gastrointestinal symptoms in individuals with both Pitt-Hopkins and autism. You will learn about a tissue-on-a-chip to help revolutionize cancer treatment, the first walking and sweating manikin for health research and more about our work with Mayo Clinic.

As we build ASU Health, we will continue to connect community needs to our programs and outcomes, supporting the health and wellness of everyone in Arizona.

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