Bioscience

Research teams apply for Flinn seed grants program

Research teams from Arizona’s academic research institutions and health-care systems have applied for the 2022 cohort of the Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program.

The program will fund up to 10 research teams focused on advancing new products or services to improve patient care. The awardees will each receive a $100,000 grant over 18 months. At the end of the grant period, up to two of the most successful projects may receive up to an additional $100,000 over the following year. The awards will be announced in March. [Read more]

Small medical team has big impact on Willcox

When Dr. Dawn Walker first arrived in Willcox, the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine was one of eight physicians in this rural southeast Arizona town best known for its ranching, farming, and singing cowboy movie star. 

About two decades later, the owner of Walker Family Medicine and chief of staff at Northern Cochise Community Hospital is currently the only physician—MD or DO—providing daily primary care services, highlighting the medical challenges that can face a rural area.

In a story written by the Flinn Foundation’s Brian Powell for Arizona Physician magazine, learn how the 24-bed hospital is having an impact on Willcox and the surrounding area, both medically and economically, and is making moves to secure its future. [Read more]