Program Areas
Healthcare & Medical Research
A New Era
of Patient Care
Patients and doctors frequently go through an expensive and time-consuming trial-and-error process to find the most effective course of treatment.
But personalized medicine would help alleviate the guessing game, allowing doctors to develop individual strategies for the detection, treatment and prevention of diseases based on a person's genetic make-up. Read More
Improving Healthcare in Maricopa County
Healthy communities are made up of healthy individuals who have access to state-of-the-art clinical care and physicians at the forefront of medical research. Piper Trust supports programs that strengthen healthcare and introduce best practices, especially for at-risk populations and at critical life stages — early childhood, youth and older adulthood.
1) Improved Healthcare Quality
Piper Trust enhances the quality of healthcare for all Valley residents through improved healthcare facilities, enhanced training of healthcare practitioners and better healthcare delivery systems for children and older adults with the greatest needs.
2) Improved Healthcare Access
Piper Trust targets expanded access to healthcare by investing in projects that strengthen basic healthcare and mental health services for young children, adolescents and older adults. The Trust works to expand services to meet the healthcare needs of at-risk communities and the capacity of healthcare facilities to serve more children, adolescents and older adults.
3) Special Personalized Medicine Initiative
Piper Trust made a major commitment to personalized diagnostics as part of a longer term goal of making Arizona a center for biosciences.