A heart attack will leave a permanent scar on a human heart, yet other animals, including some fish and amphibians, can clear cardiac scar tissue and regrow damaged muscle as...
Medicinal chemist Amy Barrios and developmental biologist H. Joseph Yost received this lifetime honor, celebrating their excellence in research and commitment to mentoring the next generation of scientists.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is a research funding agency that supports transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs – ranging from the molecular to the societal – to...
Funding opportunities in a variety of fields and specialties, ranging from adaptation of diabetes control technologies to expanding knowledge on re-emerging and emerging infectious diseases.
In the world of sports, the ACL tear is a bogeyman, bringing seasons to sudden closes and requiring months of persistent rehab. It’s understandable that young athletes don’t want to...
Researchers at Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah have been selected to develop an innovative treatment for addiction as part of a $50 million commitment to develop...
The C-Blu team's device provides greater visual contrast to potentially cancerous lesions, enabling improved accuracy for clinicians during the screening process.
Seven projects from across the University of Utah have been awarded One Utah Data Science Hub seed grants, kickstarting collaborative projects that find creative ways to harness big data and...
A fungal respiratory infection, Valley fever, could be more widespread than anyone predicted. An interdisciplinary team of researchers is trying to map the danger zones across the state--and predict where...
"Interacting with mentors that are still within the education system too provides a more relatable experience for mentees, which could be really valuable, more so than an established physician.”
For this Women in Leadership feature for Women’s History Month 2024, we recognize the work, achievements, and leadership of Dr. Kristina Callis Duffin.