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NEW FACES SYMPOSIUM 2025: CELEBRATING RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION

SFESOM NEW FACES SYMPOSIUM

The inaugural New Faces Symposium highlighted eleven outstanding investigators within four years of their first appointment at the University of Utah. Their presentations covered a wide range of exciting and innovative research from across the School of Medicine.

This symposium was hosted by the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Research Advisory Council.

Event Speakers

Eric Monson, MD, PhD

Eric T. Monson

Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry

Title: Navigating the complex interaction of interpersonal trauma and risk for suicide in youth and young adults

Taylor Webb, PhD

Taylor Webb headshot

Research Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Radiology

Title: Robust, targeted, and non-invasive therapy in the deep brain

  • Eric Monson, Psychiatry 

Natasha Pavlova, PhD

Natasha Pavlova

Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Oncological Sciences

Title: Sensing nutrient availability through homopolymeric amino acid motifs

Andrew Gelman, PhD

Andrew Gelman

Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine

Title: When it comes to the lung, it’s a local affair

  • Natasha Pavlova, ONC SCI

  • Andrew Gelman, Internal Medicine

Jessica Osterhout, PhD

Jessica A. Osterhout

Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurobiology

Title: The neurobiology of sickness

Tyler Starr, PhD

Tyler N. Starr

Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry

Title: Molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and related bat coronaviruses

  • Jessica Osterhouse, Neurobiology

  • Tyler Starr, Biochemistry

Philip Gordts, PhD

Philip L.S.M. Gordts

Associate Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Pathology

Title: Unlocking the therapeutic power of the glycocalyx in diabetes and iron disorders

Ashley Dalrymple, PhD

Ashley Dalrymple

Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Title: Spinal cord stimulation for improving motor and sensory function 

  • Ashley Dalrymple, PM&R

Bernardo Modenesi, PhD

Bernardo Modenesi

Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Population Health Sciences

Title: Extracting insights from data: the intersection of causal inference and machine learning

Julie Szymczak, PhD

Julia E. Szymczak

Associate Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine

Title: The sociology of medical practice: harnessing social dynamics to drive healthcare delivery transformation

  • Bernardo Modenesi, PHS

  • Julie Szymczak, Internal Medicine

Ben Shofty, MD, PhD

Ben Shofty

Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurosurgery

Title: Human brain network control of creativity

  • Ben Shofty, Neurosurgery