Health

Improved cancer literacy is music to researchers’ ears

February 29, 2024

Carlo Maley and cross-disciplinary faculty team oversee researcher students as they create software to musify cancer.

Perfecting the pulse of haptics

February 26, 2024

Hasti Seifi, an assistant professor of computer science, has been awarded the 2024 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for her work in making touch technologies more accessible.

Meet student researchers solving education, health, security and sustainability challenges

November 13, 2023

Undergraduate and graduate students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU conduct use-inspired research to address real-world challenges.

Innovative immune system approach earns ASU researcher honors

November 1, 2023

Assistant Professor Jessica Weaver honored for her novel approach to manipulating immunological responses.

Discovering pathways for neural development

October 5, 2023

ASU researcher Madeline Andrews is identifying the role of leukemia inhibitory factor signaling pathways in brain growth.

Putting medical tests to the test

September 19, 2023

ASU’s Krishnendu Chakrabarty and his collaborators have developed methods to ensure the safety and authenticity of lab-on-a-chip medical tests.

Expanding the toolbox for RNA editing

September 8, 2023

ASU biomedical engineering researchers are developing ways to optimize RNA editing to understand and improve human health.

Inclusive ASU engineering community nurtures success

August 14, 2023

The Biomedical Engineering Society chapter at ASU creates opportunities for students to work together and succeed in their academic and career endeavors.

ASU students explore mental health in engineering education

May 15, 2023

Fulton Schools biomedical engineering students lead research into student and professor mental health and how teaching methods affect well-being.

Enhancing cancer models through genetic analysis

April 5, 2023

ASU faculty researcher develops software to analyze gene-regulating networks involved in the development of cancer.

Unlocking the secrets of aging

March 28, 2023

Recently named a 2023 Fulbright Scholar, ASU Assistant Professor Sydney Schaefer will spend a year in Sweden researching early dementia detection.

Rewarding analysis of diseases ‘on-a-chip’

March 7, 2023

Associate Professor Mehdi Nikkhah was named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors thanks to his disease-fighting “on-a-chip” technology.

Decoding dementia

February 20, 2023

ASU professor awarded $1.8 million in funding to research how changes in DNA can influence a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Fulton Schools Wrapped: 2022 year in review

December 21, 2022

From solidifying Arizona as a top semiconductor hub to achieving record student enrollment, the Fulton Schools at ASU made tremendous impacts in 2022.

Predicting future pandemic patterns

November 16, 2022

An interdisciplinary team of Arizona State University researchers is investigating the use of machine learning to reduce impacts of future pandemics.

Urging universal use of wastewater surveillance

October 31, 2022

ASU environmental engineering researchers are advancing the field of wastewater epidemiology to help provide early warning signs of public health threats.

Balancing reproductive responsibility

October 24, 2022

An ASU capstone project created a new male contraceptive called EMIT and won the competitive Venture Prize in the NIH DEBUT Challenge.

The heat is on

October 14, 2022

As increasingly rising temperatures threaten human health, quality of life and prosperity, ASU engineers and scientists are exploring ways to reverse the trend.