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Barbara Jones, MD, investigates times when doctors deviate from the norm for good reasons and in so doing discovers insights into improving medicine in the face of challenging scenarios. Not a stranger to challenge herse...
Health Care
In Vermont, Virginia and now Utah, Jeri Bullock has fought to bring the best dental care to the most marginalized
University of Utah Health investigators received more than $373 million in awards in fiscal year 2019, achieving an impressive 50% growth in research funding over 5 years.
360 Connect is a new, monthly e-publication dedicated to building community and celebrating the transformative research at U of U Health.
Mark Durham at the School of Dentistry is incorporating the exciting world of virtual and augmented realities into teaching and researches their impact on learning and making better humans.
Featured, Research
From basic biology to population health to connecting communities, U of U Health researchers are innovating approaches that span disciplines to bring about real change in the opioid crisis.
Education
A free online pharmacy course offers both challenges and fulfilment for university employees struggling to make a better life
A recent study found that simple behavior interventions improved sleep, lessened daytime sleepiness, and significantly lowered blood pressure in "short" sleepers.
Research, Recognition
Funding awarded to Aaron Quinlan, PhD, associate director of the Utah Center for Genetic Discovery from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will enhance the usability of software tools for genome analysis
A study that shows using oral therapy for at-home treatment as opposed to IV therapy, showed a decrease in cost, less burden for families and patients and fewer adverse events with no change in our cure rates.
Discovery could eventually lead to new treatments for anemia, hemochromatosis, and other red blood cell diseases.
Recognition, Research
University of Utah Health has joined a national research consortium of universities, hospitals and clinics that has received $50 million to study the long-term impacts of mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) or concussio...
Yurgelun-Todd receives grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct CBD oil research.
A University of Utah Health study points to a previously unappreciated role for mitochondrial membrane lipids on energy production and muscular function.
The Third Annual University of Utah Translational Hypertension Symposium will be held on Thursday, October 10th from 8:00am to 6:30pm.
University of Utah Health experts explain the dangers of vaping and address vaping health risks.
On October 4, best-selling author Christie Aschwanden will give a talk on the strange science of sports recovery followed by a panel discussion with faculty from the College of Health and U of U Athletics.
Featured
As a scientist and an international leader of dental researchers, Rena D'Souza brings significant change to global oral health
With trainees collectively earning $110 million in grant funding, the U’s Vice President’s Clinical and Translational Scholars Program is proving to be effective at building leaders in research.
Known as “the ambidextrous Irishman,” Edward Hashimoto, MD, was a popular professor of anatomy at University of Utah School of Medicine for more than 50 years. This new exhibit of Hashimoto published by the Spencer S. Ec...
New research shows that providing patients with home disposal kits greatly reduced their likelihood of having excess opioids at home.
U of U Health neurobiologist Jason Shepherd spoke about his unexpected discovery at TedMed 2018. The video was released on Aug. 8.
Research, Featured
Oxytocin, widely-known for its role in pleasure, may have originally evolved to protect against pain.
Featured, Education
The Genomics Summer Research for Minorities (GSRM) internship provides a ten-week summer research program for undergraduate students interested in genomics research, personalized medicine and biosciences.
Health Care, Giving, Featured
A student-start up program that aims to provide accessible health care to all, from across the nation and around the globe, one wheelchair at a time.
An initiative at University of Utah Health aims to improve the lives of people with diabetes, which affects nearly 10 percent of America’s population.
No matter your age or your level of hearing loss, you can get help. University of Utah Health’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic in Research Park offers access to audiologists for adults and children suffering from hearing...
Researchers explore familial relationships using unique Utah resources to develop high-risk profiles with the hope of identifying those at greater risk for atrial fibrillation.
A new study examined the degree to which extended family can indicate risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers examine the long-term psychological impact of food restrictions on normal eating patterns in patients.
Health Care, Featured, Education
Megan Fix, MD, explained to current University of Utah medical residents how to recognize symptoms of burnout displayed by their peers and themselves, as well as how to access resources available to them.
A new study reveals the Utah opioid epidemic death toll includes an alarming number of new moms.
University of Utah Health researchers found that the median age at which 4-year-old children are first evaluated did not significantly decrease between 2010 to 2014. Increased efforts for early screening are needed.
Doctors make medical decisions in the spotlight.
The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to nursing or healthcare.
Recognition, Featured, Research
Enthusiastic university students from across the state and beyond spent the evening engaging with judges, volunteers, and fellow competitors at the Bench to Bedside competition.
A team of researchers published the results of a phase 1 clinical trial for the drug Givosiran, which targets the liver cells ultimately responsible for acute hepatic porphyrias.
Researchers uncover a molecular key that gives an edge to the Epstein Barr virus.
New research is showing that bacteriophages have the potential to shape the communities that live within the gut and ultimately your health—for better or worse.
Expert recommendations reassure families and insurance companies that new treatments for rare childhood diseases have a greater chance of success.
University of Utah faculty, staff, and neuroscience graduate students volunteered during Brain Awareness Week to bring hands-on learning to elementary and high school students throughout the Salt Lake valley.
On this International Women’s Day, U of U Health cardiologist Rashmee Shah, MD, explains why gender balance isn’t a women’s issue, it is something everyone should be thinking about.
Health Care, Featured
In the face of escalating teen suicides, Utah launched an app. No one knew just how much change it would bring.
To help promote the highest standards of care, and improve the overall rates of survival and recovery following TBI, experts issued the 3rd edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for the Management of Pediatri...
The human immune system is notorious for overreacting to common infections. University of Utah Health researchers have shown how one component of the immune system might have evolved to limit this collateral damage.
Researchers in the Department of Dermatology at University of Utah decreased their prescription of opioids by 23 percent following skin cancer surgeries compared to almost a decade ago.
Researchers at University of Utah Health studied brain biopsies of multiple sclerosis patients and identified 29 microbes from 11 different phyla within the tissue. This approach offers a new way to study this disease.
Lower Blood Pressure Could Reduce Risk for Dementia
