News

Kevin C. (KC) Brennan, MD is named the Fred W. and Christine A. Fairclough Endowed Chair in the Department of Neurology.

The University of Zurich awarded honorary doctorates to eight outstanding individuals, one of which being Dr. Kathleen Digre, Professor of Neurology and Chief of the Headache & Neuro-Ophthalmology Division at...

Scientists report a significant step toward combating two degenerative brain diseases that chip away at an individual’s ability to move, and think. A targeted therapy developed by scientists at University...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a catastrophic degeneration of the nervous system with great need for disease-modifying treatments. Stefan Pulst, MD, and his collaborator Daniel Scoles, PhD, were studying a...

Highlighted in Nature, Julie R. Korenberg, PhD, MD, and colleagues discuss their work on mapping the limbic system in macaques.

Check out what our Adult Neurology Residents have been up to!

The University of Utah presents at the 46th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 12-16.

Special Event: Drs. Kathleen Digre and Caren Frost book signing. Tuesday, September 20th - 4:00pm. HSEB 1st Floor - Health Sciences Bookstore.

Faculty publications, awards, and research grants for 2015

Dr. Dustin Hammers discusses his study on the link between air pollution and decreased cognitive function

The Utah Parkinson Disease Registry (UPDR.org) was launched last week in an effort to understand an apparent rise in PD by 30 percent over the last ten years in Utah...

Dr Summer Gibson discusses new insights into ALS on the Scope radio, a University of Utah Health Sciences podcast.

Kathleen Digre made multiple presentations over the past month: Doc Talk: October 14, 2015: Migraine—it is more than a headache, Moran Eye Center.

U.S. and European researchers find that variant in the PHACTR1 gene reduces risk for getting the disease.