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06/21/2013From Discovery to Development to Delivery: Biodesign
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.
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05/17/2013David S Alberts AZBio Pioneer
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05/17/2013Partnering with the FDA
Michelle Ann Wells, RAC works in Regulatory Affairs at WL GORE and has
spent her career navigating the maze known as the FDA.
Her 20 year career includes working on the regulatory teams
of Schein (Steris/Watson), Zila, The
Tech Group, Bard (Impra), Medicis, and Regulatory Compliance Consulting
Services. Outside of Arizona, Michelle
has worked with Proctor & Gamble, Dey (Mylan), Inale (Nektar), and Pfizer.
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10/14/2013Linda Hunt of Dignity Health Arizona, 2013 Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year
The Jon W. McGarity Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year Award honors the person in Arizona who provided the most outstanding leadership that contributed significantly to development of the State’s bioindustry and/or recognition of the advancement of bioscience in Arizona.
Recognizing that collaboration builds a stronger community, Linda Hunt has taken a leadership role to advance healthcare and the biosciences for the people of Arizona. Hunt has worked diligently with legislators, business leaders, educators, scientists and community organizations in order to identify, formulate, and support policies that will give Arizonans better healthcare and raise the bar of knowledge.Hunt has served as the head of Dignity Health in Arizona since 2012. Dignity Health includes three major hospitals in the Valley, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers. A fourth hospital, St. Joseph’s Westgate, is under construction.
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06/16/2013Company Presentation: Global Cancer Dx
Global Cancer Diagnostics Inc. is a medical laboratory established to confidentially diagnose lung cancer at its earliest stages. It is our belief that many lung cancer victims will benefit by early diagnosis and treatment.
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05/17/2013Keeping People Healthy...at a cost we can afford (Full Presentation)
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06/12/2013UA College of Medicine Phoenix | 2013 Commencement
2013
Commencement UA College of Medicine – Phoenix
Fifty University of Arizona
College of Medicine -- Phoenix medical students were officially conferred with
their medical degrees at ceremonies on May 8 in the third graduation for the
downtown Phoenix medical school. Read more: http://phoenixmed.arizona.edu
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05/17/2013The Greener Side of Bio
AZBio Board Chair and Co-Founder of Algae Biosciences, Glen Galster, moderates this panel discussion on the state of Arizona's green bio industry amd whwere it's going with Leif P. Christoffersen, Director of Biomass Integration, Yulex Corporation. Leif is responsible for advancing Yulex’s energy, efficiency and biomass initiatives. Prior to Yulex, Christoffersen played a key role in establishing the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation (EOWBF) with whom he maintains an active advisory role. He also spent over five years at the Diversa Corporation (Verenium Corporation and BP Biofuels), where he managed bioprospecting collaborations, as well as managed Diversa’s grants program, coordinated their scientific advisory board, and supported their international business development efforts. Christoffersen has also served as a climate change adviser to the Executive Director of UNEP at COP1 and COP2 of the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). At the start of his career, he worked with subsistence farmers in Costa Rica and Kenya to support and promote agroforestry practices, which included setting up exportation of organic produce. Christoffersen holds a degree from Hobart College (BA, Economics) and the University of California, San Diego (MBA, Rady School of Management).
Ben Cloud, President and CEO, Phyco Biosciences, Inc., brings over 30 years of experience as a farmer and farmland developer with operations in Arizona and Southern California. His significant experience in production agriculture including drip-micro irrigation systems and design, cropping systems, processing and marketing have contributed to the development of the Phyco production platform and business approach (To learn more, click here.) and
Josh Hottenstein of the Cleantech Open
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05/17/2013Jennifer Kehlet Barton, PhD, 2012 Bioscience Educator of the Year
Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research and Professor, Biomedical Engineering at The University of Arizona was named the 2012 Michael A. Cusanovich Bioscience Educator of the Year by the Arizona Bioindustry Association.
Dr. Barton was nominated by students, past and present with supporting nominations by her co-workers, and selected for this honor by an independent panel of judges from across the state of Arizona for her contributions to all aspects of bioscience education. They include her skill as a course instructor, her compassion and patience as a mentor and adviser to undergraduate and graduate students, her strategic leadership in creating a learning environment and career path for students via her development and leadership of the UA Biomedical Engineering Programs, her recent role as Assistant Director of the BIO5 Institute, and her participation with industry in a broad range of industry association and community groups.
