Priority owner: Ayman Fanous, MD

Priority vision: Pursue distinction in prioritized areas of greatest clinical and scientific impact to our community.

Goals and Initiatives

DD1. Make strategic investments in high-impact research programs using the most advanced technologies, with an emphasis on computation and multi-scale integration.

  • DD1a. Establish competitive pilot/seed funding opportunities for researchers.
  • DD1b. Establish grant writing/proposal support.
  • DD1c. Leverage resources that are currently available across larger university (cores, computational, etc.). 
  • DD1d. Create programs for the cross-fertilization of ideas between clinicians and researchers.
  • DD1e. Emphasize strength in neuroscience, cardiopulmonary, immunological therapy, health across lifespan and omics.

DD2. Leverage access to clinical affiliates' large diverse patient populations to accelerate discovery and improve quality of care.

  • DD2a. Establish tech enabled streamlined access to clinical affiliate data. 
  • DD2b. Build upon and foster clinical learner successes in identifying research opportunities that result in notable presentations and publications.
  • DD2c. Develop and target physician outreach and education on clinical research opportunities aligned to College driven trials.
  • DD2d. Publish annual listing of current research areas of interest, funding, partnerships, distinction involving College faculty/physicians/learners.
  • DD2e. Streamline approval process for clinical research across affiliates.

DD3. Create economic opportunities by translating discoveries into new and improved prevention and treatment modalities delivered at the point-of-care.

  • DD3a. Coordinate with the Phoenix Biomedical Core (PBC) to target industry partners to further intellectual property (IP) development and advanced care opportunities.
  • DD3b. Establish and invest in IP development office to support principal investigators (PIs) in marketing their innovations.