We are thrilled to announce that Donna Baluchi, MLIS, has been recently named Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Librarian for the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.
An international team of 18 researchers have determined that the earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans arose at a wholesale fish market in Wuhan China in December, 2019. They linked...
Hosted by the School of Medicine’s Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OHEDI), the University of Utah held its inaugural Juneteenth Summit on June 15, 2022. The summit drew...
The start of the 2023 fiscal year on July 1 marked the start of several new leadership roles at University of Utah Health filled by those who represent identities historically...
Newly appointed Associate Vice President for Research Rachel Hess, MD, MS, seeks to build on a legacy of innovation and collaboration. Hess believes in using transparency to build trust with...
Multiple faculty members from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law recently presented at the Global Meeting on Law and Society Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. This conference brings...
We are pleased to collaborate with the marketing and communications team at University of Utah Health and on main campus in presenting the Inclusive Style Guide. As we become more...
The culture of every organization starts with leadership. We can always do more to improve as leaders and take better care of our team members. At a recent Health Sciences...
University of Utah Health is consistently ranked one of the best health systems in the nation, making it a prime destination for health care professionals. It is also a good...
Jennifer Hampton Hill, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in both the Round and Murtaugh Labs in the departments of pathology and human genetics at the University of Utah, was named the...
In early June, faculty development and education leaders from across the US came together for the New Leadership Academy (NLA) annual board meeting as part of the NLA Summer Institute.
On June 3, 2022, the vice-chairs, associate chairs and directors of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for each of the departments in the School of Medicine had a full-day retreat, hosted...
Why do so many leaders struggle with leadership? Because they never developed proficiency with self-leadership. Preparing ourselves and our trainees for the future of health care begins with a commitment...
Review the excellent work of the health sciences offices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and University of Utah Health Equity Diversity and Inclusion (UHEDI) priorities that were shared with the...
UHEDI purchased the DICE inventory for the use of health sciences academic units in early 2021, and we have completed our first administration of this inventory. Here we present the...
On June 21, 2022, the University of Utah held its first flag-raising in commemoration of Juneteenth. It is our hope that as we celebrate the ending of the inhuman crime...
Willard Dere, M.D., F.A.C.P., Associate Vice President for Research (AVPR), has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year, which concludes at the end of...
The Foundation provides support to emerging investigators to promote scientifically based and clinically relevant research related to the effectiveness of physical therapy practice. Research projects in any specialty may be...
