The first-ever virtual AAMC Annual Meeting did not disappoint. It was a truly inspiring experience with discussions around health inequities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, how academic medical institutions confront...
The H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowment is one of the most powerful examples of philanthropy driving innovation at the University of Utah. This year was marked by impressive achievements...
Nationally the number of people testing positive for coronavirus appears to be leveling off and locally these numbers appear to be trending down. In part, these potentially reversing trends are...
Karen S. Wilcox, Ph.D. was presented with the 2020 Founders Award during the AES2020 event of the American Epilepsy Society (AES). One of the most prestigious awards given by the...
Registration is now open for the 2021 Center for Genomic Medicine Symposium. This year's symposium will feature eternal speakers and bring the community together for panel discussions and virtual poster...
The William T. Grant Foundation seeks studies that identify, build, and test strategies to enhance the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. We are particularly interested in...
Wellcome and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) have issued a call for proposals aimed at strengthening the evidence base for the prevention and control of coronavirus (COVID-19). Proposals...
The Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) is seeking grant applications that focus on studying arthritis and related autoimmune diseases including but not limited to osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, lupus...
NYSCF is soliciting applications from early career investigators for awards in neuroscience. The goal of this initiative is to foster innovative scientists whose pioneering approaches have the potential to transform...
HD4A aims to reduce the barriers often faced in accessing rich data by serving as a conduit between data owners and interested researchers. Through this HD4A call for proposals (CFP)...
Highlighting investigators and their pioneering research programs, the Vitae program seeds new collaborations and development strategies by humanizing research through story.
The Associate Vice President Office of Health, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion has a newly-created position for a Senior Director that will work in close coordination with other departments and assist...
Building a racially just, equitable, and inclusive work environment involves everyone on a university campus: students, faculty, and staff. Prominent scholars from around the country participated in the latest Friday...
Submitting a first successful R01 is a major challenge. The University's KL2 program, a part of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, is again organizing R01 writing groups that...
We are entering a critical phase of the pandemic: cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are increasing, while new therapeutics and vaccines are close to being disseminated. Treating patients and vaccinating the...
The shame that comes with illness can be detrimental to our health and well being. Unfortunately, shame for illness has been apart of human nature for as long as we...
Shame and illness have gone hand in hand for a long time, although there shouldn't actually be any shame when one is ill. Dr. Gretchen Case, PhD, discusses how this...
For several days last week, COVID-19 became the leading cause of death in Utah, ahead of both heart disease and cancer. It is unclear whether more recent decreases in cases...
Nearly one hundred people per day are being admitted to Utah hospitals. About one in fifty-two Utahns now has a known coronavirus infection, and COVID-19 is the third leading cause...
Spending time in the hospital or watching those we love suffer is never a fun experience. Especially not around the holidays. In this letter written by Dr. Gretchen Case, she...
Unfortunately, pandemic trends from previous weeks continue. Approximately one in 70 Utahns now has a known coronavirus infection. We are seeing rapidly increasing numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and, sadly, deaths...
The GIN is a part of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trial Network (CTN) as part of the National Institute of Health. Having been approved and funded...
