Internal Medicine Research Seminar Series

In an effort to foster research collaborations and discussions within Internal Medicine and beyond, and to inform DOIM faculty and trainees of research across the department, a monthly Internal Medicine Research Seminar Series has been established. The series will cover the breadth of research taking place in Internal Medicine, with each seminar to showcase the research of IM faculty in an interactive and informal format. Additionally, every other month we feature presentations by individuals from outside of the department. The entire continuum of research will be represented: from bench to clinical to population and implementation science.

Research Seminars will be held on the first Wednesday of each month (with a few exceptions), 12:00 - 1:00 pm via Microsoft Teams.

For Microsoft Teams passcodes, please contact Matthew Herrick (Matthew.Herrick@hsc.utah.edu)

Upcoming Presentations (2025 - 2026)

Date	Location	Seminar Information
May 7, 2025	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI)" Manish Parashar, PhD

Date	Location	Seminar Information
July 2, 2025	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	TBA
September 3, 2025	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	TBA
November 5, 2025	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	TBA

Date	Location	Seminar Information	Summary Slides
March 5, 2025	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Center for Medical Innovation: Mission, Capabilities, and Future" Mark Paul Executive Director, Center for Medical Innovation, University of Utah Health
November 6, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Getting to Know and Partnering With HSC and Utah CTSI Cores" Jennifer Juhl Majersik, MD, MS Co-Director, Utah CTSI; Professor, Neurology James Cox, PhD Assistant Vice President, Cores Infrastructure for Health Sciences; Director, Metabolomics, Proteomics, and Mass Spectrometry Core; Research Associate Professor, Biochemistry
October 2, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Overview of the Utah Quality Advancement Laboratory" Valerie M. Vaughn, MD, MS, SFHM, FACP Julia E. Szymczak, PhD
September 4, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Pulmonary & Critical Care Division Research" Ramsey Hachem, MD Chief for the Division of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Occupational Pulmonary Medicine
August 7, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Overview of the Microbiota and Gastrointestinal Immunology Consortium (MAGIC) of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies" Amiko Uchida, MD Kathy Peterson, MD, MSCI June Round, PhD Ryan M. O'Connell, PhD
July 3, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"State of Research in the Division of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies" Ramiro Garzon, MD Division Chief, Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies Anna Beaudin, PhD Associate Professor, Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies
June 5, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Leveraging Collaborations Across Campus for Societal Impact" Michelle M. Camacho, Ph.D Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utah Rebecca L. Utz, Ph.D Associate Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utah
May 1, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"Gout, Associated Comorbidities, and Treatment Made More Crystal Clear” Naomi Schlesinger, MD Professor and Chief of Rheumatology Harold J. Ardella T. and Helen T. Stevenson Presidential Chair in Rheumatology
April 3, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	"DELPHI Biomedical Data Science Initiative" Penny Atkins, PhD Director of Research & Science	View
March 6, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	“Utilizing -omics Platforms in Health Science Research” Sarah Franklin, PhD Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine	View
February 7, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Research Unit “The Digital Health Initiative” Ken Kawamoto, MD, PhD, MHS, FACMI, FAMIA Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Informatics, Biomedical Informatics Admin Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhD, FACMI Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, Biomedical Informatics Admin Roger Altizer, PhD Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences, Health Systems Innovation Research, Associate Director, Division Of Games, Director of Digital Medicine, Center for Medical Innovation Vicky Tiase, PHD, RN-BC, FAMIA, FNAP, FAAN Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics Admin	View
January 3rd, 2024	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	“Human Genomics and Precision Medicine” Dr. Lynn Jorde, PhD Mark and Kathie Miller Presidential Professor Chair, Department of Human Genetics Executive Director, Utah Genome Project Co-Director, Center for Genomic Medicine	View
December 6, 2023	Zoom Narrowleaf Conference Room HELIX-1C202	“Accelerating Drug Discovery and Development with The University of Utah Therapeutics Accelerator Hub (U2TAH)” David J. Bearss, PhD Senior Managing Director U2TAH Therapeutics Accelerator Hub University of Utah PIVOT CENTER
November 1, 2023	Zoom	"Collaborations, Research and Innovation with ARUP" Robert S. Ohgami, MD, PhD, FCAP, Professor, University of Utah Vice President, Institute for Research and Innovation in Diagnostic and Precision Medicine Medical Director, Hematopathology
October 4, 2023	Zoom	"Leveraging the Learning Health System to Understand and Improve Pneumonia Care" by Dr. Barbara E. Jones, MD, MSCI, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine "Resolving Genetic Variants of Unknown Significance in Inherited Platelet Disorders" by Jesse Rowley, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
September 6, 2023	Zoom	"An Integrative Approach to Studying Age-Related Diseases: Vascular and Autonomic Dysfunction as the Double Trouble" by Dr. Kanokwan Bunsawat, PhD, Research and Assistant Professor of Geriatrics "Age-Friendly Patient Centered Care in Ultra High Definition: Approaches to Higher Resolution Views" by Jorie Butler, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Geriatrics, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, and Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
August 2, 2023	Zoom	“Challenges and Opportunities in Delivering Precision Medicine in the Management of Metastatic Prostate Cancer” by Manish Kohli, MD, Division of Oncology.
June 7, 2023	Zoom	"Spectrum of Surgical Reach: Opportunities for Collaboration" by Fiemu E. Nwariaku, MD, FACS, MBA, Department of General Surgery
May 3, 2023	Zoom	"The Two-hit Hypothesis of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy" by Joseph A Palatinus, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiovascular Disease
April 5, 2023	Zoom	"TOWARDS Functional Precision Oncology for Breast Cancer“ by Christos Vaklavas, MD, Division of Oncology
February 1, 2023	Zoom	"Metabolism & Mass Spec/Proteomics" by James E. Cox, PhD, Division Of Metabolomics