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, focusing on advanced technologies, AI, and large-scale multi-omic datasets.
- 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 and health across lifespan.
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.
- DD3a. Coordinate with the Phoenix Biomedical Core (PBC) to target industry partners to further intellectual property (IP) development and advanced care opportunities.
- DD3b. Maximize the impact of Tech Launch Arizona in supporting principal investigators (PIs) in marketing their innovations.