Building Awareness Against the Silent Pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance
The USD Discovery District recently hosted an insightful podcast conversation exploring one of the most pressing yet under-discussed global health threats: antimicrobial resistance (AMR), often described as a silent pandemic.
In this episode of the podcast, host Tung Nguyen sat down with Dr. Patrick Rynn Hogan, DHA, author of the newly published book The Silent Pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance: Why the Next Global Health Crisis Has Already Begun.
Dr. Hogan, CEO of Prescient Healthcare, shared compelling insights into why AMR represents a system-level failure that spans healthcare, agriculture, supply chains, and innovation ecosystems. He emphasized that while AMR has been evolving for decades, its impacts are accelerating—contributing to hundreds of thousands of deaths annually through conditions like sepsis, UTIs, and persistent infections that were once easily treatable.
Sharing the Inside View: Reflections from the USD Discovery District Team
The USD Discovery District has marked a pivotal year in South Dakota’s innovation landscape, but its foundation rests on decades of strategic vision. In this episode of Favorable Environments, host Tung Nguyen joins his fellow USD Discovery District leaders — Ryan Oines (President and CEO) and Marc Niamba (Director of Biotech Development) — for a reflective conversation on the District’s first operational year since launching Building 1 in January 2025. Their discussion reveals what it takes to build a research park from the ground up, why collaboration drives sustainable growth, and how South Dakota is creating the right conditions for bioscience to thrive long-term.
How OmegaQuant Scaled Global Diagnostics from Sioux Falls
Discover how OmegaQuant grew from a single-room lab in Sioux Falls to delivering diagnostic tests to 70+ countries. This case study explores the company’s scientific origins, global reach, and how its move into the USD Discovery District helped unlock the next stage of growth—without losing its Midwestern roots.
2025 Year in Review: The Year We Became Real
In 2025, the USD Discovery District shifted from development to destination. With Building 1 activated, new tenants moving in, national leaders visiting Sioux Falls, and global partnerships taking shape, the District’s momentum became impossible to ignore.
2025 South Dakota Bioscience Market Study: Mapping the State’s Growth Potential
The USD Discovery District has released the 2025 Market Study, a data driven look at South Dakota’s bioscience strengths, cost and speed advantages, talent pathways, and alignment with national research priorities including the recently announced Genesis Mission. Explore how the state is positioning itself for the next decade of bioscience growth.
New 2025 Market Study Shows South Dakota Poised for Significant Bioscience Growth
The USD Discovery District has released the 2025 Market Study, a data driven look at South Dakota’s bioscience strengths, cost and speed advantages, talent pathways, and alignment with national research priorities including the recently announced Genesis Mission. Explore how the state is positioning itself for the next decade of bioscience growth.
Advancing Nutritional Science From the Heart of South Dakota
OmegaQuant Analytics has become one of the most trusted names in nutritional science, but its story begins here in Sioux Falls. In this episode of Favorable Environments, Dr. Kristina Harris Jackson reflects on how a simple dried blood spot test grew into a global diagnostics platform used in more than seventy countries. Her conversation with Tung Nguyen reveals what it takes to translate research into tools people can use at home, why communication matters in science, and how South Dakota continues to create the right conditions for long-term innovation.