Life Sciences

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center: Banner Health, one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital systems, has joined internationally renowned cancer treatment and research organization, MD Anderson, offering the broadest extension of MD Anderson’s cancer care program outside Houston, Texas. Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center provides care for all types of cancers with a primary focus in breast, lung, gynecologic, gastrointestinal, prostate, and skin cancers, as well as liquid tumors such as lymphoma and leukemia.

Plans are in place to expand their existing 133,000 square foot facility by an additional 500,000 square feet with a continued focus on cancer research and clinical trials.

Celebration Stem Cell Centre: Registered with the FDA in 2010, Celebration Stem Cell Centre is a hybrid public and private umbilical cord blood bank, stem cell contract manufacturer, and stem cell research facility, CSCC services include the processing and banking of umbilical cord blood. Additionally, CSCC is currently developing other programs which include Wharton’s jelly (umbilical cord tissue) banking, adipose tissue-derived stem cell banking, contract manufacturing services and contract research services.

Translational Research Institute (TRI): Celebration Stem Cell Centre doubled the size of its facility in Gilbert to house the Translational Research Institute. Seen as the next key component in the advancement of cellular technologies and stem cell therapy in the United States, TRI is a private company formed to develop innovative treatments for cardiovascular disease through breakthrough cellular technologies and medical devices.

TRI will fund clinical research projects and establish strategic partnerships with world-leading scientists and principal investigators in stem cell transplant therapies and regenerative medicine.

Cardiovascular & Stem Cell Consultants (CSCC):  Focused on evidence-based cardiovascular care, CSCC provides patients access to the newest investigational treatments for advanced cardiovascular disease such as adult stem cells and gene therapy.

CSCC is currently enrolling in Phase I, II and III research studies using adult stem cells, angiogenesis (growing new blood vessels) and genomics in patients with heart failure, chronic chest pain, coronary artery disease, and heart attacks.

Ironwood Cancer & Research Center: A comprehensive care facility providing a full spectrum of services to patients with oncologic and hematologic diseases, Ironwood also participates in clinical trials focused on treating lung, breast and pancreatic cancers.

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center: Mercy Gilbert is a full-service, acute-care, not-for-profit community hospital. Cardiovascular research is just one of the areas of focus for Mercy Gilbert. In fact, the hospital participates in over 20 national and international clinical trials around the application of stem cells and the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

• Over 2 million square feet of state-of-the-art hospital and clinical research facilities including Banner Gateway Medical Center and Gilbert Hospital
• Over 650,000 square feet for medical or healthcare space is either under construction or planned in Gilbert
• Proximity to over 800 science and technology firms provides the potential for collaborative partnerships

• Gilbert offers access to over 1 million workers within a 30-minute commute
• There are over 108,000 healthcare jobs within a 30-minute commute, and this represents 43.5% of the Phoenix metro area healthcare workforce
• Gilbert has one of the highest median household incomes in the state at $101,175
• 45% of Gilbert residents hold a bachelor’s degree or higher

For additional information about Gilbert’s labor force, employment densities, top employers, and educational attainment and resources, please visit our Talent Pipeline page.

• Since 2002, Phoenix MSA employment in research, testing and medical labs has grown by 95%, to over 7,000 employees
• The Arizona SciTech Festival attracts about 250,000 participants annually – making it one of the largest in the nation – while engaging Arizona’s scientists of tomorrow
• From 2002 to 2016, Arizona bioscience jobs grew by 58%
• Arizona is home to more than 1,400 bioscience firms, and bioscience workers’ annual wages are 33% higher than Arizona’s private sector average
• In FY 2018, NIH awarded over $187 million to Arizona colleges and universities

• The $504 million in Arizona universities’ research-and-development activity in bioscience-related fields in 2016 is a 12% increase since 2014

*Source: Flinn Foundation

• A.T. Still University
• Arizona State University College of Nursing & Health Innovation
• Arizona State University College of Technology & Innovation
• Chandler-Gilbert Community College
• Pima Medical Institute
• The Bryman School

As a community, Gilbert has made it a priority to inspire K-12 students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations by exposing them to new career pathways.

Gilbert’s Campo Verde High School offers one of the state’s only four-year K-12 programs that prepare students for higher education degrees focused on biotechnology and life science-related jobs. The program includes four key areas Principles of Biomedical Sciences, Human Body Systems, Medical Intervention and Science Research.

Further collaboration efforts exist with not only Gilbert-based anchors, but also with other regional assets:

• Arizona Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
• AZBio
• Barrow Neurological Institute
• BioAccel
• Critical Path Institute
• Flinn Foundation
• International Genomics Consortium
• Science Foundation Arizona
• Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)