According to medical experts, in the recent decades, breast cancer mortality has gone down thanks to increased screenings. More women are getting their mammograms, but one group is still seeing...
In 1996, U of U Health first started its lung transplant program, providing life-saving transplants for patients throughout the Mountain West. Now, 25 years later, the program remains the only...
As we continue taking steps to realize our full potential as an anti-racist institution, efforts to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion are playing a central role in 2021-2025 strategic planning...
The Utah Chapter of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (UHIMSS) brought health professionals together from around the state to share ideas on improving information technology through advocacy, collaboration, and...
According to the Utah Department of Health, breast cancer is the most commonly-occurring cancer in the U.S. and the leading cause of female cancer-related deaths in Utah. Clinical trials and...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications to accelerate development, testing and implementation of evidence-based interventions to mitigate disparities in provision of care and treatment...
The priority of the CSDA program is to fund outstanding individuals with promise for sustained clinical research careers, whose projects will address highly significant research questions to advance human health...
The Global Innovation Fund invests in the development, rigorous testing, and scaling up of new products, services, business process, or policy reforms that are more cost-effective than current practice and...
This program seeks to advance and enlarge the range of technologies available to the neurosciences. It does not support research based primarily on existing techniques. The Endowment Fund is especially...
This program seeks to advance and enlarge the range of technologies available to the neurosciences. It does not support research based primarily on existing techniques. The Endowment Fund is especially...
The Data Coordinating Center (DCC) at University of Utah Health received $12 million to study solutions to sepsis-induced multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in critically ill children.
After several weeks of decline, coronavirus cases in Utah are plateaued. The number of Utahns in our hospitals statewide—including in our ICU’s—remains very high. Additionally, the number of people in...
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $10-million grant to the Four Corners Youth Consortium, a group of academic medical centers studying concussions in school-aged children.
CEO Dan Lundergan oversees five hospitals and 12 community clinics as well as nearly 14,000 employees who work in the clinical system. Strong relationships, teamwork, and trust are the core...
We want to express sincere thanks and gratitude to every U of U Health employee for all they do to make this such an incredible place to work, learn, train...
For half a century, the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library has set the pace in health sciences information. Made possible by a generous gift from the Eccles family, the...
Save the dates for MEDiversity Week 2021: October 29 - November 5. The week’s events will include presentations on the research and practice of our own U Health faculty to...
As he embarks on his leadership journey as department chair for biomedical informatics, Yves Lussier, MD, feels as if his path has come full circle. Joining the institution that had...
Here in Utah we appear to be reaching a bit of a plateau, which is the right time for us to continue encouraging vaccinations. The evidence clearly shows that in...
The excellent education and training offered at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine (SOM) relies on families who participate in the Body Donor Program. Their generous support enables students...
The U is conducting more than 400 research projects related to COVID-19, to study the virus from all angles—from testing and vaccine trials to its impact on vulnerable communities and...
Evidence for Action prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being...
Through the initiative, AWS will award $20 million over two years in support of research and innovation that accelerates the understanding and detection of COVID-19 and helps mitigate current and...
