Rodríguez reflects on his participation as a Healthcare Stories storyteller: "This experience was life changing for me. [...] I found healing in sharing the story.”
Finding treatments for children with rare diseases has been a significant hurdle in the medical world. An unexpected source, the common fruit fly, is turning up answers.
With a focus on Utah populations, a unique partnership between U of U Health and Intermountain Health is training students to experience health care from the patient perspective.
Obtaining sponsorship for research is a complex process that requires a lot of support from universities, which can yield niche issues and gaps in resources for scholars. Over the past...
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.
Check out February's highlighted foundation funding, including opportunities from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, MIT Solve, and Thrasher Research Fund.
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...
Students from across the Wasatch Front engaged in hands-on activities about the journey of a nursing student, including preparation for college, the admissions process, and more.
Associate Vice President José E. Rodríguez, M.D., FAAFP, speaks on the importance of alignment of equity, diversity, and inclusion under One U Thriving
Using a new platform, Jonathan Constance, researcher at Huntsman Cancer Institute, studies commonly prescribed medications in hopes of creating more effective treatments for pediatric cancer patients.
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.
In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive deficits. What triggers this sudden biological...
A nationwide team led by researchers at University of Utah Health has now developed a way to predict a patient’s individualized risk of right heart failure following surgery to place...
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.
U mathematician Sean Lawley's models show transplantation of ovarian tissue can postpone menopause indefinitely. At birth, ovaries in girls can contain about a million tiny structures called primordial follicles, each...
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.
Researchers at the U are developing interventions to equitably improve antibiotic use, investigating slavery's contributions to climate change, and exploring a feminist history of Islamic spaces.
