The University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni Association exists to strengthen and support the University of Utah's School of Medicine by promoting life-long relationships between alumni, current students, trainees, and faculty. We do so by cultivating relationships with the alumni and students of the school of medicine and hosting events and providing programs and services that keep alumni and students connected. Creating opportunities to give back and support future students and the institution.
In a new multicenter study, researchers led by University of Utah surgeons report that an emerging heart failure treatment could potentially reverse structural damage to the heart, allowing it to heal itself over time. ... Read More
Surgery
A University of Utah Health Department of Pediatrics program that supports academic, career, and personal development of American Indian / Alaska Native (AI/AN) undergraduates from across the country has received recognition from the National Indian Health Board. ... Read More
Pediatrics
Scientists at U of U Health have recreated in a test tube the first steps of infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS enabling identification of essential components the virus needs to replicate within its human host. ... Read More
Biochemistry
University of Utah Health evolutionary geneticist Nels Elde, Ph.D., has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as a “genius grant.” ... Read More
Human Genetics
The National Institutes of Health has awarded four grants to University of Utah Health scientists through its High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) Program that funds highly innovative and unusually impactful biomedical or behavioral research proposed by extraordinarily creative scientists. ... Read More
Biochemistry,Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,Human Genetics
With a goal of reducing health disparities in Utah, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $5 million to researchers at University of Utah Health and Huntsman Cancer Institute. The team is leading SCALE-UP Utah, an initiative that aims to increase the acceptance, reach, uptake and long-term sustainability of COVID-19 screening and testing. ... Read More
Biomedical Informatics,Population Health Sciences,Internal Medicine