The ASURA Annual Meeting

ASURA is having its Annual Meeting this year. While it is virtual it will be a complete meeting with speakers, presentations, and the virtual handing over of leadership from Carl Cross to Larry Edmonds, agenda below. You will want to get this on your calendar. 

The guest speaker is Joshua LaBaer, Executive Director of the Biodesign Institute. He is one of the nation’s foremost investigators in the rapidly expanding field of personalized diagnostics. His efforts focus on the discovery and validation of biomarkers—unique molecular fingerprints of disease—which can provide early warning for those at risk of major illnesses, including cancer and diabetes. Formerly founder and director of the Harvard Institute of Proteomics, LaBaer was recruited to ASU’s Biodesign Institute as the first Piper Chair in Personalized Medicine in 2009.

The Video History Project clips will be a bit different this year. The clips show the gradual change in ASU's attitude about its relationship with Phoenix and the Phoenix Metro area.

Meeting Agenda

10:00-10:15       Welcome

                           Remarks and Association Overview

                                   2020-2021 President Carl J Cross

10:15-10:45       “Innovating in the Midst of a Pandemic:
                             Time for a Spit Take”

                             Dr. Joshua LaBaer, Executive Director of the

                             ASU Biodesign Institute

10:45-11:00       Q and A

11:00-11:20       Introduction of Scholarship Recipient

                                   Scholarship Committee Chair Joy Shearman

                                   Scholarship Recipient - Monique Rodriguez

11:20-11:45       Video History Project Interview Clips introduction

                                    Project Committee Chair Barry McNeill

11:45-12:00       Handing over of Leadership and

                             Introduction of New Board Members and Officers

                                      ASURA Past President Carl J Cross

                                      ASURA Incoming President Larry Edmonds

                             New Board Members:

                                      Rojann Alpers, Sue Henderson, Barry McNeill,
                                      Helene Ossipov, Carol Taylor-Tassone

Registration

You will want to register so that you will receive the Zoom address for the meeting as well as links to the Annual Report and hopefully to the newly published "Celebrating A Third Decade of Success".

To register click on the button to the left or you can call the ASURA Office at 480-945-7668. If the office is closed, leave a message with your name and phone number and one of the Office staff will contact you