An internationally recognized University of Arizona researcher and executive and a Phoenix Bioscience Core developer with Wexford Science and Technology have been named chair and vice chair of the Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee. Jennifer Barton, Ph.D., and Kyle Jardine will serve two-year terms in their roles heading up the statewide leadership group, administered by the Flinn Foundation, which oversees the Roadmap and advocates for the state’s growing bioscience ecosystem.
The committee of about 100 Arizonans from the public and private sectors in science, health care, business, academia and policy, will also emphasize five areas through its subcommittees, or project teams — communications and marketing, entrepreneurship, legislative relations, risk capital, and workforce alignment — as it helps implement the goals of the new Roadmap unveiled in September.
Barton, a professor, biomedical engineer, and inventor, is the interim vice provost for health programs and the Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair at the College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering at U of A…