Scientists across the Mountain West will investigate the health effects of the amassed bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms that live in and on the human body.
It's an honor working alongside the incredible people who are the heart of U of U Health. Our work matters. Enjoy this sampling of the many achievements from 2023.
In the past ten years, the percentage of Americans who use medical marijuana has more than doubled as state-level legalization becomes increasingly common. But despite its prevalence as a medication...
— Michael L. Good, M.D., CEO of University of Utah Health and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, and David W. Grainger, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of...
Thousands of new Utah patients are approved for an active medical cannabis card every month. But much remains unknown about how cannabis interacts with other medications, what other factors increase...
The Health Sciences Center DNA Sequencing Core at the University of Utah provides options for sequencing to members of the university community and surrounding areas. Their services offer sequencing through...
A highly effective lung cancer screen could prevent up to a fifth of lung cancer deaths, but is underused nationwide. Researchers at University of Utah Health have designed new digital...
Randall Peterson, PhD, embarks on his second term as dean for the College of Pharmacy. He reflects on community collaborations, therapeutics, First Year Free, and other first-term highlights.
Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., a 1985 graduate of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate as the 16th Director...
Researchers at University of Utah Health have shown that first- and second-degree relatives of patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and thoracic aortic disease are at increased risk for aortic...
At the National Institutes of Health-funded ELEVATE Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence at the University of Utah, clinicians, researchers, and members of the community are working together to prevent...
Oral epidemiologist Brenda Heaton, PhD, MPH, leads research to understand social structures that perpetuate oral health disparities. Dental-medical integration holds the key to equitable care for all.
In March 2022, Taryn Bragg, M.D., a pediatric neurosurgeon at University of Utah Health who practices in Las Vegas, Nevada, noticed something unusual. A significant number of children were presenting...
When you use a wearable device to track your health or fitness, do you control your sensitive information? Or is the technology actually using you? Despite being a Certified Information...
A new study will take a closer look at the viability of flu and coronavirus after aerosol-producing events in hospitals. As the COVID pandemic began to unfold in late 2019...
Wearable devices can track your sleep, your heartrate and your exercise. Beyond their basic use, these gadgets can also help patients better rehabilitate after concussion, also known as a mild...
A new study from Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah substantiates previous groundbreaking research that rumination (overthinking) can be reduced through an intervention called Rumination-focused Cognitive Behavioral...
Paola Fonseca-Romero moved 3,000 miles away to complete a research internship at the University of Utah. A strong network of mentors and peers shaped her path to becoming a bioscientist.
The Drug Discovery Core at the University of Utah provides university researchers access to small molecule libraries/CRISPR libraries for screening, equipment for automation, and synthetic chemistry support for the characterization...
