The University of Utah Physician Assistant Program received a $1,201,656 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals...
The program commenced in Antigua, where students engaged in intensive medical Spanish training at the Ixchel language school, benefiting from personalized 1:1 sessions with experienced language instructors.
Dr. Sundwall was an esteemed colleague and a fierce advocate in the fields of public health and primary care. He was a pioneer of public health policy, making significant contributions...
Kathy Pedersen has devoted her greater than 40 year career to enhancing Global Health and raising awareness of the Physician Assistant (PA) profession.
Scott Benson, MD, PhD, MPH delivered a presentation to the students about the country of Ghana. He discussed the geography and landscape, health disparities encountered, and shared the culture of...
Kyle Bradford Jones, MD, FAAFP has been appointed the Dr. Nymphus Frederick Hicken, Alta Thomas Hicken and Margarete Stahl Wilkin Hicken Endowed Chair in the Department of Family and Preventive...
Effective research projects extend beyond successful proposals and published papers. A research team’s adherence to following research practices is critical to produce meaningful results.
José E. Rodríguez, MD, and Kirsten Stoesser, MD were recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) for their journal article “Transforming Diversity of a Family Medicine Residency...
The PAs for Global Health Annual Conference was held in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah, sponsored by the Physician Assistant Division and DFPM on February 16-17, 2024.
The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) recently released its 2023 rankings of National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards, and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine achieved an...
The University of Utah’s Office of the Vice President for Research recently named the highest-ranked investigators in terms of funding. Occupational and environmental health associate professor Sarang K. Yoon, DO...
On January 3, 2024, interim dean of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Sam Finlayson, MD announced the appointment of John Barrett, MD as the interim Chair of the...
During the summer of 2023, undergraduate Biomedical Engineering student Cannon Hansen participated in a learning abroad program in India, guided by Public Health faculty member Tejinder P. Singh, BDS, MDS...
DFPM research faculty and staff attended regional and national research conferences during the fall semester. Attendees shared their findings, and continued to build the reputation of the department within the...
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine drastically increased in ranking as the sixth-highest recipient of award dollars among all departments in the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine for...