Innovative, Passionate, & Collaborative
At University of Utah Health, more than 1,000 research faculty are uncovering how intrinsic biology and lived experience shape human health. We explore how genetics, environment, behavior, community, and care intersect — where biology meets the world around us. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, we pursue ideas that reduce disease, advance well-being, and improve lives for all.
Our rapidly growing research enterprise is built on the shoulders of giants who defined new fields of inquiry and transformed ideas into technologies and treatments. Today, we are privileged to work with a community of researchers who are equally as passionate and impactful.
To support their ambition, we’ve created an innovative atmosphere that encourages scientists to turn big ideas into real solutions. We foster a collaborative spirit that empowers trainees and early career scientists to partner with world-renowned scholars from within their field and beyond. By providing state-of-the-art facilities and dedicated support, we accelerate research to meet the most urgent needs of our time.
As I look around our campus, I’m awed by the foothills that rise to the mountains and into the sky. Their soaring heights remind me of our numerous accomplishments and the many more that are yet to come. I am grateful for the opportunity to support our research community and their pursuit of excellence.
Top Tier Science
University of Utah Health research surpassed the half-billion–dollar mark in funding for fiscal year 2025, reaching $531 million. Securing competitive funding is essential to the University of Utah’s mission of delivering exceptional societal impact. These transformative investments fuel research, give rise to new treatments and technologies, strengthen Utah’s economy, improve health across our state and the globe, and equip the next generation of scientists to lead and inspire.
In FY25, health sciences accounted for 68% of the University’s research portfolio, totaling $782 million. Health sciences research has grown 24% in five years and more than doubled in ten. Sustained growth and membership in the prestigious American Association of Universities (AAU) highlights the university’s leadership in scientific discovery and health innovation.
Wide-Ranging Expertise
967 faculty at U of U Health are advancing science and medicine at four academic institutes, 19 academic centers, five interdisciplinary initiatives, six schools and colleges and 38 departments. In fiscal year 2025, there were 1,835 new and renewed sponsored projects, addressing issues ranging from understanding the beginnings of disease, to clinical trials, to increasing access to health care.
We know that research is most effective when it comes full circle—from labs to clinics to communities and back again—so that new knowledge fuels innovative approaches to address the next challenges. With this driving principle, we are making great strides in preventing and treating disease and enhancing wellness with scientific advances across the translational spectrum.
Our scientists pioneer life-saving medications, transformative practices and basic knowledge that the world needs. In 2024, our researchers published 4,721 peer-reviewed research papers that were cited by scientific peers around the world. With influence beyond academia, their expertise guides policy, informs clinical practice and launches innovative health programs across the globe.
Partners in Research, Partners in Care
At U of U Health, every breakthrough starts with one clear mission: improving lives. As a major health system based at the dynamic University of Utah campus, we’re well placed to address difficult health issues. We continually discover better ways to support patient healing and wellness, including advanced screenings, innovative treatments, and new technologies.
Each year, our health network handles 2.5 million patient visits, serving 10% of the continental United States through five hospitals, 12 community clinics, and 22 regional partner hospitals. Our research leads to real change by enabling:
- State-of-the-art expertise
- Access to the latest treatments and technologies
- Opportunities to join clinical trials
- Personalized patient care
A Legacy of Discovery & Innovation
Since opening our two-year medical school in 1905, we’ve enticed some of the best minds in science and medicine to grow with us. Scientists here have gone from securing the first-ever National Institutes of Health research grant to leading more than 1,700 annually.
We invented and implanted the first artificial heart and now we’re pioneering personalized cardiac treatments. We launched the nation’s first biomedical informatics department and now we’re training artificial intelligence to diagnose genetic disease in newborns. From the shoulders of giants, today’s researchers are launching the next generation of lasting legacies.
