We are excited to announce the recent creation of a disability affinity group at the U! The Disability Collective welcomes disabled people and allies who are faculty, instructors, staff, and/or...
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...
In the fourth part of the Life Agenda series, we explore ways to be more socially engaged through interdependence, having simple conversations, and asking for help.
In an age marked by a pandemic, climate change and chronic disease, human health faces a complex web of challenges that demands wide-ranging solutions. It will take an arsenal of...
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.
The Associate Physician Law allows medical school graduates who do not initially match into a residency program to train under a physician for up to six years, until they match.
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 a lab in the U’s Craig H. Nielsen Rehabilitation Hospital, so new that plastic wrap and tape still enclose monitors and equipment cabinets, three or four middle school science...
Following a six-month listening and learning tour, Fiemu Nwariaku, MD, FACS, MBA, rolls out a comprehensive vision for the future of the Department of Surgery.
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...
Women in Health, Medicine, & Science (WiHMS) aims to ensure the “sky is the limit” for all University of Utah Health faculty, regardless of gender, by providing social and development...
The College of Nursing partners with Utah’s Juvenile Justice and Youth Services to ensure youth in custody receive the same quality of care as youth in the general population.
