Health

EPICS Elite Pitch Competition expands impact of student projects

May 15, 2019

Eight student teams competed for funding to implement solutions for community challenges ranging from water purification to public health to internet access

13 ASU students earn prestigious NAE Grand Challenge Scholar title

May 14, 2019

Along with interdisciplinary coursework, recent graduates had multicultural and community service experiences in the health, sustainability and energy fields.

ASU researcher chips away at disease diagnosis limitations

April 22, 2019

Chao Wang is developing an integrated fluidic device on a silicon chip to improve the capabilities of liquid biopsy to diagnose cancer and other diseases.

Training stroke survivors with rehabilitation robotics

April 22, 2019

Assistant Professor Hyunglae Lee is developing an innovative framework and utilizing it in exercise therapy to significantly improve the effectiveness of robot-aided rehabilitation for stroke survivors.

Multidisciplinary student researcher aspires to solve health challenges

March 8, 2019

Junior Ava Karanjia mobilizes a multidisciplinary approach to earn multiple awards for her lung infection detection research.

Reinforcement learning expedites ‘tuning’ of robotic prosthetics

January 17, 2019

Researchers have developed an intelligent system for “tuning” powered prosthetic knees, allowing patients to walk comfortably in minutes rather than hours.

A step toward preventing waterborne disease outbreaks

January 14, 2019

Arizona State University engineer researches Legionnaires' disease-causing bacteria in building water systems to prevent water crises and disease outbreaks.

Imaging tissue oxygenation to improve medical treatment

January 10, 2019

Vikram Kodibagkar is researching new ways of using biomedical imaging to make cancer treatments more effective — and making students aware of career possibilities in the field.

ASU researchers named 2018 National Academy of Inventors Fellows

December 11, 2018

Arizona State University Professors Joshua LaBaer and Nathan Newman have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

AI on aisle 5: Engineering students automate health care delivery

December 5, 2018

ASU students and alumni have been instrumental in developing artificial intelligence technology for a Phoenix metro area medtech startup.

NeoLight, cofounded by ASU alumni, wins AZBio Fast Lane Award

October 4, 2018

The NeoLight team was honored with an AZBio Fast Lane Award by Arizona’s bioscience and business communities at the 2018 AZBio Awards.

Gene-editing advance may hold key to groundbreaking medical progress

August 28, 2018

Fulton Schools researchers are expanding the versatility of the gene-editing technology CRISPR in ways that boost its ability to improve human health.

Synthetic biology sparks promise of medical, energy advances

August 2, 2018

SEED 2018 showed synthetic biology’s potential to help solve many of the world’s big challenges. ASU researchers are poised to contribute to the solutions.

NSF Graduate Research Fellow combats cancer with math

July 20, 2018

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow Brendon K. Colbert will determine mathematically how immune systems interact with cancer for better treatment.

NSF Graduate Research Fellow aims to improve lives with synthetic biology

July 13, 2018

Lexi Bounds turned an interest in soccer balls made of lab-grown cells into a promising biomedical engineering research career.

ASU Bisgrove Scholar illuminates the future of LED lighting

April 27, 2018

Light-emitting diode research by Yuji Zhao outlines the theoretical limits of efficiency and expands LED use to wireless communications and medical applications.

ASU accepts $2M grant to prepare workers for MedTech jobs

February 28, 2018

This week the Arizona State University Foundation accepted a $2 million check from the Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority (MCIDA) to fund a new workforce development project to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in Maricopa County.

When aging goes wrong: researchers try to identify causes of Alzheimer’s

February 23, 2018

David Brafman partnered with the Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Richard J. Caselli to use a stem-cell-based approach to identify causes of Alzheimer’s disease in people with various levels of risk based on variations of the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene.