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Arizona leaders mark ASU Health groundbreaking in Phoenix Bioscience Core
Summary
City and state leaders, including Vice Mayor Keisha Hodge-Washington, Governor Katie Hobbs and ASU President Michael Crow, lauded the ASU Health headquarters as a downtown bioscience hub aimed at workforce development, women's health innovation and translating lab research into community benefit.
City and state leaders gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for ASU Health's new headquarters in the Phoenix Bioscience Core, framing the project as a major downtown investment in workforce development, health innovation, and translational research.
Vice Mayor Keisha Hodge-Washington said the facility, located in her District 8, reflects voter support through the 2023 Go Bond program and will house multiple ASU Health units including the John Schuelke School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering and the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. "These headquarters represent the full vision of ASU Health," she said, noting the project will expand workforce training and increase access to care, particularly for vulnerable residents.
Governor Katie Hobbs emphasized the AZ Healthy Tomorrow initiative and the state's role in addressing healthcare workforce shortages, citing a state estimate that more than 76,000 new healthcare workers will be needed by 2030 and describing state investments to expand bonding capacity and other supports.
ASU President Michael M. Crow framed ASU Health as a different model: "We're calling it ASU Health because that's the objective, not a thing," he said, describing an interdisciplinary hub that mixes medicine, engineering and public health to produce graduates who can translate discoveries into widely usable solutions.
Local partners and developers (including DFDG and McCarthy) were thanked for their roles in the project; speakers said the new facility will intensify downtown innovation, strengthen the Phoenix bioscience ecosystem and create new company-formation and clinical partnership opportunities.
The groundbreaking was ceremonial and no council action on project approvals was recorded in this subcommittee meeting.
