Education at U of U Health

Academic medical centers across the country are challenged with finding clinical placements for their students. New system guidelines clarify how our students should be prioritized over those from other institutions.

Adolescent mental health is in crisis. In the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of US high school students with persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness rose from 26.1%...

When then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid injured himself with exercise equipment in 2015 at age 75, his office issued a sunny statement assuring that he was ready to get back...

Major scientific breakthroughs like mapping the human genome have given researchers the ability to isolate specific genetic markers that can increase one's risk for developing certain diseases.

We developed a web-based education intervention as an alternative to predisclosure education with a genetic counselor (GC) to reduce participant burden and provider costs with return of genetic research results.

In the wake of the Dobbs decision withdrawing federal constitutional protection for reproductive rights, the U.S. is in the throes of federalist conflicts. Some states are enacting draconian prohibitions of...