Research at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
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Where discovery meets medicine
We bring diverse disciplines together to innovate and expand what medicine is and what it can do. Faculty and students come here to do impactful research that will be felt everywhere.
$433M
Annual research funding
1,668
Grants awarded
24
Departments
897
Research-active faculty
882
Masters and PhD students
266
Postdoctoral researchers
SFESOM is proud to be ranked among the top 35 public institutions for research (US News & World Report) and an integral part of the only academic medical center in the Mountain West.
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Research with Impact
Discovery and Innovation
Browse the digital collection to read about recent field-changing discoveries and high-impact innovations from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine.
Vitae
This annual event showcases six rising star faculty who are at the forefront of their professions.
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year
An HIV drug based on research by the Sundquist lab at U of U Health provides protection for half a year instead of one day and has performed extremely well in clinical trials.
Gene Therapy for Heart Failure
The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves survival, in what a paper describing the results calls “an unprecedented recovery of cardiac function.”
NEWSLETTERS
Latest News
On March 29, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) restored funding to the UM1 grant supporting the Utah Center and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).
New research finds developing insulin-producing cells in infancy leads to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk.
New research finds developing insulin-producing cells in infancy leads to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk.
U of U Health is the only health system in the region with the expertise to carry out a new, innovative personalized medicine approach for treating highly complex cases.
The Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR) is a statewide organization that unites researchers, doctors, and community members to address the most pressing current unknowns in medical cannabis research.
