ASU Changing Futures®: ASU Health

Change the future with ASU Health

A growing state with a growing health care challenge For years, Arizona’s population has been steadily growing — and health care in the state is not keeping pace.

Arizona has fewer hospital beds per 1,000 people than the national average and faces a shortage in almost every health care profession.

There already is significant turnover across all health care fields, and experts say this problem will be further impacted by retirements over the next decade.

Furthermore, the state’s health care outcomes demonstrate significant and persistent inequalities. Far too often in Arizona, where you live may determine how long you live.

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Arizona needs roughly 14,000 more nurses to reach the national average.

Public health funding is 50% below the national average.

As of 2024, Arizona ranks 34th in the nation for its health care performance overall, 42nd in access and affordability, and 49th in prevention and treatment.

At Arizona State University, our charter tasks us with assuming responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities we serve. We believe that a better future is possible — and that this is our moment to bring it to life.

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M. Foster Olive, who leads the Addiction Neuroscience Laboratory at ASU, shows student Amanda Acuna, pursing a PhD in Neuroscience, a human brain. The lab examines the effects of abused drugs in the brain on a neurobiological level.

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Charity Bhebhe, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at ASU, majored in molecular biology and biotechnology in the School of Life Sciences and earned a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. As a student, she conducted research in the Bean Lab, using breath biomarkers to diagnose infections and monitor human health.

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Our vision: Build the future of health at ASU Arizona State University is accelerating its health-related efforts to tackle the state’s urgent health care needs, now and into the future.

ASU Health is radically changing how we approach, operate and access our health and care. We are creating a new kind of health professional and empowering people to take control of their own health, guided by a wellness mindset, enabled by technology and focused on realizing the outcomes we need for Arizona — and people the world over — to live better.

Together, we can ensure that every person has equitable access, a high quality of life and confidence in their health and well-being.

ASU Health goals Improve health care access and health education in Arizona.

Triple the number of nurses and nurse practitioners and increase the number of physicians, health care researchers and other community health workers.

Triple ASU’s clinical and health care partnerships to expand knowledge, accelerate innovation and drive connectivity.

Drive innovations to fight pervasive health challenges, address health care workforce shortages, and improve health outcomes in Arizona and beyond.

Give people the tools and information necessary to make more informed decisions about health and health care.

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Our approach: An overview of ASU Health ASU Health represents a fundamentally different approach to advancing health at a university.

Headquartered in downtown Phoenix, ASU Health will leverage all health-related assets of Arizona State University, one of the largest public research universities in the United States. ASU Health will greatly expand our Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation by tripling the number of nurses produced at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. It will amplify the work of the College of Health Solutions, which brings together researchers, faculty, students and community partners from a variety of disciplines to translate scientific research and discovery into practical solutions that make a difference. It will broaden the impact of the Biodesign Institute, leveraging expertise in biotechnology, engineering and advanced analytics to develop life-saving therapies and improve well-being for people around the world.

Through Changing Futures®, ASU Health will launch new tools to improve education, learning and problem-solving in health care.

Powered by innovation and accelerated by collaboration across ASU and beyond, we relentlessly pursue our north star of improving health outcomes for people in Arizona. Our innovations will help people the world over.

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—Dr. Sherine Gabriel Executive vice president, ASU Health

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ASU Health: People As we build the health care workforce of the future, not only do we need more people, we need people served by a new form of training. Tomorrow’s doctors, nurses and researchers must have a strong sense of innovation, problemsolving and comfort with new devices and protocols in treatment.

“Adding more workforce isn’t the only path to success. We have to train people differently as well,” says David Schwartz, vice president of strategic alliances and business development at ASU Health. “This is about changing the phenotype of tomorrow’s health care professional, such that a smaller number are able to care for a larger population with improved outcomes.” Schwartz emphasizes that technology — augmented intelligence, telehealth, robotics and more — are critical tools for achieving this “holy grail.”

ASU Health will prepare practitioners to leverage skills drawing from multiple fields like augmented intelligence, engineering and technology in order to improve health for all.

Chris Lue Sang, ‘22 MS in electrical engineering, wearing a device by FlexBioTech, co-founded by Jennifer Blain Christen, Karen Anderson and Joseph Smith, that makes electronics to help diagnose disease.

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“I am excited to partner with faculty, students, staff and communities across Phoenix and Arizona to reimagine and advance public health infrastructure, education and scholarship for the 21st century.”

— Jyotishman Pathak Inaugural dean of the School of Technology for Public Health

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“The best way to anticipate the future is to create it.”

— Dr. Sarah Hollingsworth “Holly” Lisanby Founding dean of the ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering

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ASU researchers are using artificial intelligence to improve health. Maitry Trivedi, a PhD student in Teresa Wu’s lab, uses AI to predict an individual’s age from MRI scans. The lab applies AI to harmonize PET scans taken with different tracers.

Creating a different kind of health professional The School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering is being built from the ground up with technology as a central priority.

The school will produce physicians who blend medicine, engineering, technology and humanities to become a different kind of health care leader. Graduates will leverage new tools such as AI and data science to connect with more patients, seek innovative practices and improve health outcomes.

The new School of Technology for Public Health will focus on training the next generations of experts who will leverage technology and data to transform public health. More than classroom-based learning, The School of Technology for Public Health will expose students to a constellation of tools and technologies and teach them how to apply these effectively in real-world settings.

The Health Observatory at ASU is a one-of-a-kind research network that uses AI and data science to create an early-warning system for statewide health, helping stakeholders

at every level, from community leaders to statewide agencies, to identify possible interventions and make strategic and informed decisions in real time. This model will improve health outcomes for Arizona, and we hope to scale it to help leaders across the country make more informed public health decisions.

ASU’s School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering will offer a new vision for medicine, augmenting technologies through the power of AI to deliver fast, accurate, and objective diagnoses that are readily accessible. Students will utilize a simulation Medical Discovery Platform, a flexible technology forward space that allows for a range of physical and virtual medical scenarios and simulations including anatomical exploration. In addition, through the Center for Patient Stories, powered

by ASU’s Dreamscape Learn, virtual reality and AI technology will help students understand the social determinants of health, producing graduates with advanced clinical skills, communication skills and empathy.

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ASU Health: Discoveries Accelerating new health discoveries through research, innovation and entrepreneurship What does it mean for an innovation powerhouse like ASU to embrace the challenges of health care today? It means a unique approach to health care that is grounded in innovation and discovery.

It starts with research. As of 2024, ASU is ranked in the Top 5 for research expenditures among universities without a medical school by the National Science Foundation. Through Changing Futures, ASU will continue to accelerate and expand its research efforts, setting a goal of $1.5 billion or more in research expenditures each year. The establishment of ASU Health is critical to the success of this endeavor, as is the ASU Knowledge Enterprise — which already houses over 50 centers and institutes dedicated to human health.

New research partnerships established through ASU Health will ensure that students have one of the strongest, most comprehensive training opportunities in the nation, preparing them to address urgent health topics like metabolic health, brain health and climate-related health effects.

Innovation will not be limited to lab research. One of the goals is to triple the number of health care partnerships. These collaborations are critical to expanding the impact of ASU Health while attracting biotech and health care entrepreneurs to Arizona.

This broader exposure and interdisciplinary structure represent an entirely new way of thinking about how to train health professionals: an entrepreneurial mindset that also comes to life through the ASU Health Venture Studio.

Spearheaded by ASU’s Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and true to the start-up studio business model, ASU’s new Venture Studio platform will systematically de-risk, build and accelerate multiple health-focused startups in parallel. The Venture Studio is a unique manifestation of ASU’s legacy of commitment to innovation and societal impact — and an engine of discovery for ASU Health.

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In Professor Matthew Buman’s 24h Behaviors Laboratory in the ASU College of Health Solutions, research scholar Maissa Khatib (right) and program manager of research Arlene D.R. Fernandez (left) are working with wearable technologies that track healthrelated data across sleep, sedentary behavior and physical activity.

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ASU Health: Information Becoming the trusted source of information for people to make the best decisions for their health A discovery is only as useful as our ability to understand and apply it. To that end, ASU Health will serve as a trusted source of accessible, reliable information that people, families and communities can use to make good decisions about their health.

“We are living in a time where there is so much information at our fingertips, but we don’t know what’s reliable or who the trusted sources of information can be,” says Michelle Villegas-Gold, assistant vice president of strategic initiatives for ASU Health. “On the other hand, we have a lot of scientific findings that are being published in peer-reviewed journals, but they are behind paywalls where people can’t access them or understand them.” ASU Health is ready to bridge this information gap.

Roughly 90 percent of Americans report that they struggle to understand health information, according to the Milken Institute. This reality can cause individual struggles on a daily basis — or catastrophes during a health emergency like a global pandemic. In partnership with the Learning Enterprise, the ASU Health team is exploring how to leverage ASU’s proven ability to reach learners of all ages and backgrounds to build and strengthen health literacy.

“We’ve initiated discussions with ASU Prep around how to start incorporating health literacy education into a curriculum for younger students,” says Genevieve Bautista Young, vice president and chief operating officer for ASU Health. This collaboration has the potential to reach students as young as kindergarten, setting them up for a lifetime of healthy decisions and equipping them to share what they’ve learned with their families and friends. These successful approaches can then be scaled nationally and globally, creating a ripple effect that can be felt across generations.

Sierra Corte Elemenary students eat lunch with Cameron Scholtz, PhD, RDN, who completed his doctoral degree in Exercise and Nutritional Sciences program from the College of Health Solutions.

Sierra Corte and Sholtz partnered to create sustainable interventions for increasing students’ fruit and vegetable consumption.

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ASU Health: Care Improving access and quality of care “Transforming health care is not a purely academic exercise. We have to move the needle in a meaningful way,” says Schwartz. That means providing care.

ASU Clinics will provide access to high-quality, affordable care — one of Arizona’s greatest needs. Like most of ASU’s ambitious projects, ASU Clinics will be a collaborative endeavor.

In October 2024, ASU Health announced a partnership with HonorHealth, a locally owned nonprofit health system. HonorHealth will serve as the primary clinical affiliate for the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering.

The collaboration between ASU and HonorHealth ensures clinical and research experiences for ASU students while also creating benefits for HonorHealth, including strengthening its translational and clinical research programs through connection to ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise.

This partnership is an important step toward a broader vision that includes designing, deploying and scaling a network of ambulatory care clinics. “Building a community-facing, clinical platform is one of the most complex things that ASU Health is aspiring to do,” says Schwartz. “ASU Clinics is a recognition that health care doesn’t happen in a vacuum. This is where we’re putting these things into practice on the front lines. It’s where we’re evaluating new technologies and giving our students invaluable learning opportunities.”

One day, ASU Clinics will fill gaps in care for vulnerable communities and employee populations, foster partnerships with Tribal Nations and Indigenous populations and create pathways for groundbreaking research, all while providing students with opportunities to learn in hands-on settings and see the immediate impact they can have through health careers. It all begins with Changing Futures — our opportunity to embrace the vision of ASU Health, and to build the future of health: from Arizona, for the world.

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Dr. Monica Torres (right), a physiatrist at HonorHealth, uses a stethoscope to listen to a patient’s heartbeat as fourth-year biomedical sciences student Maddison Dyer observes at the Bob Bové Neuroscience Institute at HonorHealth in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Throughout my career, I have been privileged to work at some of the world’s most respected medical schools. I had a front-row seat to the world’s brightest minds in medicine. I saw the very best in health care and in medical education, but I also saw the limits of these established, traditional institutions. The lesson I have learned from these experiences is clear: radical change is needed in this field. And ASU — known for innovation, collaboration and a fearless pursuit of change — is the leader to make it happen.

I have been watching and working with ASU for more than a decade. Over the years, I learned about the vision for the New American University: a public university designed and operating in a very unique and innovative way, focused on inclusion, access, research and discovery of public value, and taking responsibility for the communities it serves, including the health of those communities.

Today, I invite you to imagine your ideal future for health care. Maybe it includes a new treatment or cure. Maybe it includes easier, more equitable access to care. Maybe it includes a health care provider who listens carefully, has empathy and seeks to understand you as an individual, not just as a diagnosis. I encourage you to believe that this ideal future is possible and to consider what role you might play in bringing it to life.

We live in a remarkable time. A new era where solutions are discovered through collaboration, through technology, and through a commitment to serving people and communities. Together, we will build the future of health.

I hope you’ll join us in Changing Futures.

—Dr. Sherine Gabriel Executive vice president, ASU Health

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The Medical Master’s Institute will help increase the flow of new MDs (Doctors of Medicine) and DOs (Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine) to Arizona and offer novel programs – such as master’s degrees in medical engineering and design, and in observational sciences – to fill skills gaps or provide upskilling opportunities.

The School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering is a groundbreaking medical school that will address critical health care challenges in Arizona and the world over. Launching in Fall 2026, the medical school will uniquely integrate clinical medicine, biomedical sciences and engineering with a technology-driven approach to health care education. With preliminary accreditation planned by 2025 and full accreditation by 2030, the medical school will leverage partnerships with organizations like HonorHealth to increase the number of medical professionals, improve statewide health outcomes and reach underserved communities.

Designed in collaboration with national health leaders, the newly established School of Technology for Public Health will fuse technological innovations with the power of public health. It will also advance research in critical areas like mental health and climate change by leveraging ASU’s five institutes, 49 centers and clinics, 11 offices and 178 labs.

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ASU Health Empower community resilience Through a network of innovative ambulatory care clinics and partnerships with community providers, ASU Clinics will expand access to quality health care, enhance health literacy and serve as learning platforms for students. ASU Clinics will function as “living laboratories” for health innovation, offering benefits to patients through improved access and outcomes, and to providers by reducing administrative burdens.

ASU Clinics will help solve the nursing shortage by providing clinical placements for nurses in training, while also using technology to reach rural and underserved parts of Arizona. This transformative approach seeks to reimagine health care delivery, potentially serving as a model for health systems beyond Arizona.

Advance technology for good Building on our proven record of innovation and our entrepreneurial spirit, the ASU Health Venture Studio will transform innovative health-related ideas into impactful ventures. This initiative will leverage ASU’s academic powerhouse and extensive research portfolio to create a comprehensive startup development ecosystem.

Some of the ambitious goals for the Venture Studio include enhancing research commercialization, creating interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities and providing handson entrepreneurial experiences for students and faculty. The Studio will offer end-to-end support from ideation to scaling, including team building, operational resources and access to a robust network of expertise. Together, we will position ASU Health as a national leader in translating academic innovation into market-ready solutions.

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About us ASU Health is radically changing how we approach, operate, access and manage our health and care. We’re creating a new kind of health professional, and empowering people to take control of their own health, guided by a wellness mindset, enabled by technology, and focused on realizing the outcomes we need for Arizona to live better.

ASU Charter ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

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