During the first half of the 2023-2024 academic year, UHEDI organized a series of near-peer-mentored workshops for students grades 4-12 collectively known as Saturday Academy.
The University of Utah has made great strides recently in our quest to diversify our care teams, especially our physician group. This work is centered on one idea—the elimination of...
More pharmacy programs should be asking tough questions about runaway expenses cascading to students. The University of Utah College of Pharmacy is breaking the mold with First Year Free.
Public health is much more than infection disease control. It touches our daily lives through things like fluoridated water or the locations of grocery stores, health clinics, and parks.
Parks are for the people, but are they really for all people? In 2018, less than one percent of National Park visitors were African American, while White individuals made up...
Community Nursing Services and U of U Health are leading a fundamental shift in health care. Now, providers offer safe, effective post-acute care from the comfort of a patient’s home.
Now part of a worldwide collaborative, the Osher Center for Integrative Health is helping people achieve optimal health through lifestyle behaviors that reduce risk of disease and chronic illness.
The Native American Research Internship program helped Jenna Murray realize her dream of a career in tribal health. A new documentary about her journey makes its premiere at Sundance.
Whether it’s the Sundance Film Festival program, Academy Award contenders, or a night of Netflix, we are always faced with film choices. Here are some tips on making that choice...
In response to growing state and regional physician workforce needs, the MD program is preparing more students to choose primary care disciplines and work in rural and under-resourced areas.
Integrating community health workers into the new MD curriculum is building a generation of physicians with greater empathy, cultural humility, and the ability to ask for help.
How can we apply DEI principles meaningfully to the work we do? Leaders from University of Utah Health and Morehouse School of Medicine share best practices for approaching DEI work...