Innovation, Discovery, & Transformation: In-Depth Features

Beacon of Hope

Spinal Muscular Atrophy was devastating for infants and parents—until gene therapy developed at University of Utah Health and Intermountain Health changed everything.

Robotic arm being researched in the CHN lab at University of Utah

A Look Back at 2023

Research at U of U Health made significant accomplishments over the past year, and as we head into 2024, our ingenuity continues to drive innovation that is building a healthier future.

Christina Necessary, medical student at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, sees pediatric patients in the Midvale student-led clinic

Esta Es Mi Clínica

The greatest lesson that medical students learn while volunteering in a Midvale low-income clinic is compassion.

Christina Necessary, estudiante de medicina a la Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine a la University of Utah, atiende a pacientos pediatrícos.

Esta Es Mi Clínica (Español)

La lección más importante, que aprenden los estudiantes de medicina como voluntarios en una clínica de bajos ingresos de Midvale, es la compasión.

Lynnette Burn waters plants at Wasatch Community Gardens, where her role with the Green Team entails working with women who've experienced homelessness and food insecurity.

Seeds of Change

Diabetes, food insecurity, and homelessness are inextricably linked. A small urban farm is transforming lives and finding solutions to these systemic problems.

For the Love of Mothers

Amid the pressures of parenthood, many Utah mothers struggle with postpartum mental health. In our family-friendly state, are we caring for the caregivers?

Jessie Hakala discusses her experience struggling with opioid addiction and her work with the Opioid Bridge Recovery Program

A Bridge to Recovery

Most patients addicted to opioids show up in the ER desperate for help. How do we coordinate care when a person needs it most?

Report to Our Community

As an academic medical center, one belief unites all 24,000 of us: We believe health can be better.

Building a shared future in West Valley City by asking the question, "What does the community want?"

Community Co-Creation

Building a shared future in West Valley City by asking the question, "What does the community think?"

The Healer's Art

For advanced cancer surgeon Laura Lambert, hope is the best medicine

Trust as Currency

After a lifetime of struggles, Adolphus Nickleberry needed help. How the Intensive Outpatient Clinic builds relationships and changes lives.

A Change of Heart

Forty years after receiving the world’s first permanent artificial heart, Barney Clark's legacy continues to inspire cutting-edge cardiovascular research.

EDI Everywhere

More than 16 new leaders have joined University of Utah Health to champion equity work across the institution. These are a few of their stories.

Angels in the Sky

To tell the story of AirMed is to recognize past tragedies, today's safety culture, and the remarkable individuals who save lives with pride and humility.

The Dirt in Their Veins

For more than a decade, residents in remote southern Utah had no access to health care. Then, local leaders fought to open a clinic.

A Celebration of Life

Edward Bowersox Clark, MD, is remembered at the University of Utah by those who knew him as an inspiring leader, colleague, and friend.

Pioneering the Future: New Techniques to Reach New Frontiers

Reaching New Frontiers

Scientific progress can be slow but steady, requiring patience, repetition, and long-term commitment. But sometimes an innovative new technique changes the way things are done.

Pioneering the Future: Diabetes and Its Complications

Diabetes & Its Complications

Diabetes is on the rise around the world, putting hundreds of millions of people at elevated risk of serious problems like blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, and stroke.

Building the Body

Biologists who investigate how the intricate architecture of the human body takes shape are witness to extraordinary transformations.

Trailblazing Ideas

Researchers at U of U Health are always looking for a better way, creating new tools for the lab and new systems of clinical care while accelerating biomedical research.

COVID-19 Discoveries & Innovations

Scientists built on knowledge from prior studies of the immune system to figure out how the body responds to SARS-CoV2 infection.

Power of the Immune System

Our immune system is tasked with protecting us from a vast array of potential threats. Scientists are learning what it really takes to combat an ever-evolving set of pathogens.