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April 18, 2019

Karen Wilcox, PhD, Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology at University of Utah Health, received a $2.6 million Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to explore the role of infection in an intractable, non-genetic-form of epilepsy.

April 17, 2019

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.

April 09, 2019

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.

March 27, 2019

Researchers uncover a molecular key that gives an edge to the Epstein Barr virus.

March 25, 2019

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.

March 15, 2019

Expert recommendations reassure families and insurance companies that new treatments for rare childhood diseases have a greater chance of success.

March 08, 2019

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.

March 02, 2019

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 Pediatric Severe TBI.

February 13, 2019

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.

January 30, 2019

Lower Blood Pressure Could Reduce Risk for Dementia

December 20, 2018

Highlighting investigators and their pioneering research programs, the Vitae program seeds new collaborations and development strategies by humanizing research through story.

December 18, 2018

The Immunology, Inflammation and Infectious Disease Initiative (3i) at the University of Utah Health has awarded seed grants to eight collaborative research projects.

November 30, 2018

Open artificial pancreas (OpenAPS) technology consists of a hacked insulin pump, continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and a microcomputer combination that work together to minimize the dangerous blood glucose variability caused by the condition.

November 29, 2018

A new clinic providing HIV prevention pills to the uninsured may be a game-changer in Utah’s fight to end the AIDS epidemic.

November 08, 2018

A prominent cancer researcher failed to report conflicts of interest, receiving millions of dollars of payments from drug and health care companies, recently reported by The New York Times and ProPublica. Soon after, the scientist resigned. Associate Vice President for Research Integrity at the University of Utah, Jeffrey Botkin, M.D., discusses why the issue is problematic for research and researchers. Read more in Botkin’s Viewpoint published in JAMA.

October 29, 2018

A team of scientists at University of Utah Health work to develop glaucoma therapies that treat pressure in the front of the eye and prevent damage in the back of the eye.

October 11, 2018

SCM Lifescience Co., Ltd. and the University of Utah announced that they have entered into a collaborative research agreement to generate cell sheets and complete a functional evaluation of the allogenic stem cells using such cell sheets.

October 01, 2018

The Vitae Vignettes video series celebrates the people and stories that drive our research. Watch the video to see what inspires biochemist Claudio Villanueva and his search for novel solutions to obesity and diabetes.

September 27, 2018

September 26, 2018

With a goal of leveraging the Utah Translational Hypertension Symposium to make an impact, the organizers created a unique, intimate setting where researchers and in-the-trenches clinicians could problem solve with leaders in the field.

September 19, 2018

Researchers at University of Utah Health joined colleagues at the Ensign College of Public Health to evaluate the quality and safety of surgical care provided at the Volta River Authority Hospital (VRAH) in Akosombo, Ghana.

September 19, 2018

The Driving Out Diabetes, a Larry H. Miller Family Wellness Initiative, has awarded grants to eight projects designed to activate novel research projects in the areas of diabetes, obesity and metabolism and to train the next generation of researchers.

September 17, 2018

A small team of doctors at the University of Utah Health Family Medicine Residency Program developed a blog to sharpen the communication skills of their residents.

August 17, 2018

While atrial fibrillation is more common in older adults, it is highly unusual in a young person. At only 22 years old, Martha Aston was an anomaly.

July 27, 2018

Researchers use fitness trackers to study physical activity and sedentary behaviors in preschool-aged children.

July 23, 2018

Scientists identified a gene that controls how the liver communicates with the pancreas, which offers a new approach to combat diabetes.

July 18, 2018

Have you ever given a blood sample for a research study and a few months later wondered, “what happened to that study?” A National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine panel has taken on the controversial issue of when it is appropriate to return results and who should be able to do so.

June 22, 2018

The Vitae Vignettes video series celebrates the people and stories that drive our research. Watch the video to see the story behind June Round’s quest to understand how our microbiome shapes our health.

June 14, 2018

The Metabolomics Core at U of U Health empowers researchers at the U and beyond to sort through the stream of metabolites with the aim of understanding disease and developing new treatments.

March 08, 2018

The Vitae Vignettes video series celebrates the people and stories that drive our research. Watch the video to see what inspires cancer researcher Trudy Oliver and her search for new treatments for lung cancer.