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ASU leaders, Phoenix and Arizona officials celebrate ASU Health headquarters and new medical programs
Summary
Arizona State University leaders, Phoenix officials and the governor marked the groundbreaking of ASU Health’s downtown Phoenix headquarters, outlining new schools (a combined MD/MS medical engineering program and a School of Technology for Public Health), partnerships with city and state funders, and workforce aims including nurse and physician training.
Arizona State University and Phoenix officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the new ASU Health headquarters in downtown Phoenix on June 10, 2026, describing a campus that will house a new medical school and programs aimed at expanding the state’s health workforce.
"Very, very soon, this will be our new home, the new home for ASU Health," Dean Judy Karshmer said as she opened the event, introducing the John Schufeld School of Medicine and Medical Engineering and a School of Technology for Public Health. Karshmer said the medical school will award both an MD and an MS in medical engineering in the same four years, reflecting an effort to blend clinical training with engineering and technology.
Mayor Kate Gallego framed the project as a major economic and public-health investment for Phoenix. "For us, this is a $50,000,000 investment," she said, noting that $12 million came from a voter-approved property-tax item and an additional $38 million was allocated from the city’s sports, bioscience and tourism fund. Gallego said the city’s prior leaders and voters helped prepare the site and that the initiative aims to accelerate workforce development and medical innovation in the region.
Governor Katie Hobbs connected the campus to the state’s AZ Healthy Tomorrow initiative, which she said motivated the Arizona Board of Regents and universities to act. Hobbs highlighted state support for bonding capacity and other budget actions that helped make the facility possible and said the initiative seeks to close workforce gaps in health care.
ASU President Michael Crow described ASU Health as a model focused on combining medicine, engineering and technology in a nontraditional way. He urged the university to "step up" to improve health outcomes and emphasized that the effort is designed to create both training pipelines and economic activity in Phoenix.
Speakers at the event emphasized workforce outcomes—Karshmer and others stressed plans to expand nursing education and create career pathways across allied health professions—and the role of philanthropic donors and regents’ support. The university referenced a broad ASU Health ecosystem that will include existing colleges such as the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the College of Health Solutions.
The ceremony highlighted partnerships between the university, city and state rather than new formal policy actions taken at the meeting. Officials said further program details, timelines for enrollment and the building completion schedule will be provided as the project advances.
