Brain State Technologies  has a mission statement that is  three words: To Help People. The corporate headquarters is based in Scottsdale, AZ and has nearly 200 providers in 18 countries that have helped over 50,000 people. Lee Gerdes is the Founder and CEO of Brain State Technologies®  and the creator of the breakthrough neuro-technology Brainwave Optimization with Real-Time Balancing™, which helps people of all ages and conditions to overcome cognitive, emotional, and physical challenges and is transforming and likely saving lives all over the world.   The firm and its process have been featured on ABC, FOX, CBS, OWN, People, The New York Times, USA Today, PARADE, The Arizona Republic, BrainWorld, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and more.  Brain State offers a non-invasive process versus using drugs or surgery for a wide range of applications to overcome cognitive, emotional, and physical challenges including sleep disorders, alcoholism, meth addition, and PTSD. Their work has resulted in the largest relational database of brain patterns on planet Earth.  Brain State’s patent-pending procedure compares over 48,000 brain frequencies and its patented Relational Sound (Wave Aid) program provides for ongoing process support.  Committed to serving our veterans, the company offers pro bono services to soldiers with debilitating symptoms of PTSD. 

Nasseo, Inc. is a start-up medical device company developing an implant surface modification technology to provide patients and clinicians with the next generation of dental and orthopedic implants. Over the past 18 months the company has achieved very impressive milestones and is in the Fast Lane to delivering a new platform technology that benefits patients in several compelling markets. In 2013 NASSEO was accepted into the BioInspire Medical Device accelerator in Peoria, AZ. In addition to mentoring and support, NASSEO received a $300,000 investment of seed funding from the highly competitive program. NASSEO was also named the 2013 Innovation Challenge Winner by the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) in its spring Arizona Innovation Challenge securing $250,000 for the commercialization of its first product, the TiArray™ Dental Implant which received FDA approval in 2013.

The Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), powered by the  Arizona Commerce Authority , awards the most money in the country for a technology commercialization challenge – $3 million ($1.5 million twice yearly) to the world’s most promising technology ventures. Awards range from $100,000 to $250,000 per company. The results? A big-time investment in the most talented entrepreneurs. Bringing to market products that are literally changing the way the world works. Driving wealth and job creation for the state of Arizona. Are you up for the Challenge?

A dream come true for downtown Phoenix; Building a new medical school For six local doctors, the creation of what is now one of the newest medical colleges in the nation seemed a distant dream. These seasoned professionals have invested many years, personal and professional commitment, expertise and downright tenacity, to make this campus and this college a reality. All contributed from their respective fields and their respective hospitals. All were teachers and saw the need for the development of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. Read more at: http://phoenixmed.arizona.edu

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Fifty years of progress in one decade.   Arizona State University's President Michael Crow shares insight into how ASU has grown over the last 10 years and where it is going.   Learn more about ASU's strategy, Mission, and the Role that

Ground Broken for University of Arizona Cancer Center in Phoenix Ground was officially broken on the new University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center/Dignity Health outpatient facility in downtown Phoenix in February, 2013. Located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus at 625 N. Sixth St., on the northwest corner of Fillmore and Seventh streets, the center is expected to be open in 2015. Follow the project's construction progress at www.phoenixcancercenter.org    

The Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona The Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) at the University of Arizona is a network of health-related organizations and activities unique in the state and region. Arizona’s only academic health sciences center, AHSC is based on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson and maintains a growing presence on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus in downtown Phoenix. From these vantage points, AHSC reaches across the state of Arizona and well beyond its borders to provide health-care education, research, patient care and service for Arizonans and their neighbors today and for the future.

Alan Nelson is heading the Predictive Health Analytics Initiative that aims to change the paradigm in healthcare from treating late stage disease to early diagnosis and preventive therapies that are cost-effective. He served as the Executive Director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU and holds professorships in Bioengineering and physics. He is the founder and CEO of three companies, the most recent being VisionGate, the innovator of the LuCED lung cancer early detection test. VisionGate was awarded the start-up of the year award at the recent Governors’ celebration of innovation. Alan has a PhD in Biophysics from Berkeley, holds 66 issued patents, and has published over 100 scholarly papers in biomedical imaging.

Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD , executive director of The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University explains the history and the value of biodesign and shares a look at the bioinspired, use inspired, research being done by innovative teams at The Biodesign Institute in their three focus areas of health, energy, and security.