Weekly IMPACT Mornings
Every Thursday from 9:00 am–12:00 pm, the IMPACT HSR community gathers for IMPACT Mornings, a dedicated, consistent time designed to foster collaboration, mentorship, scholarship, and career development for health services researchers across the School of Medicine.
IMPACT Mornings provide a consistent, high-value space for growth, collaboration, and scholarship. Join us weekly to enhance your research, build community, and advance your career in health services and outcomes research.
Typical Schedule
9:00 am–10:00 am: Informal connection time. Grab coffee, network with colleagues, and engage in collaborative discussions or quiet writing sessions.
10:00 am–11:00 am: Rotating interactive programming, including:
- Work-in-Progress (WIP) sessions: Scholars present ongoing research and receive constructive feedback.
- Mock study sections and proposal review sessions: Receive expert feedback on grant proposals in a supportive environment.
- Fireside chats (Ask-me-anything sessions): Candid conversations and advice from senior leaders, national experts, and experienced mentors.
- Book clubs and professional development: Engage with curated readings, skill-building workshops, and professional guidance sessions focused on career success.
- Formal talks: Presentations from local and external researchers on cutting-edge methods, discoveries, and insights in health services and outcomes research.
11:00 am–12:00 pm: Unstructured collaborative time to continue conversations, mentorship discussions, or personal writing and productivity.
Upcoming Programming
December 11: Job Talk from Andrew Wong
December 18: Mock Study Section with Josh Jacobs
January 8: Q & A Session with Dr. Paul Muntner
IMPACT HSR Symposium & State of the Program
The IMPACT HSR Symposium is the flagship event of the IMPACT Program. Each fall, this vibrant gathering brings together national leaders, local experts, and the broader health services research community to showcase cutting-edge research, foster collaboration, and discuss innovative solutions for transforming healthcare.
Our Fall 2025 event saw over 80 attendees from across Health Sciences. Event highlights included:
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Keynote addresses from Dr. Andrew Ibrahim, MD, MSc and Dr. Daniel Mullins, PhD. Dr. Ibrahim and Dr. Mullins shared their own experiences and lessons learned in building highly successful health services research programs at their home institutions.
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Lightning talks from Julie Szymczak, Victoria Tiase, Jessica Sanders, and Andrew Gawron showcasing impactful health services research projects and innovations happening locally.
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Panel sessions with Dr. Erica Bisson, MD, MPH (System Chief Medical Officer), Dr. Rachel Hess, MD, MS (AVP-Research), and Dr. Angelo Giardino (Department Chair of Pediatrics) to discuss the future of health services research at Utah and opportunities for partnering with the health system.
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Networking over lunch led by our IMPACT HSR Ambassadors. We had seven interest groups designed to facilitate robust discussion, forge meaningful connections, and enable new collaborations across disciplines.
We are excited to continue building a vibrant health services community at Utah. Please join us at our weekly IMPACT Mornings (Thursdays, 9am-12pm HELIX 3rd floor) to continue these conversations, connect with colleagues, and help shape the future of health services and outcomes research at Utah.
Utah's Unique Data Powerhouses
IMPACT HSR co-sponsored Utah’s Unique Data Powerhouses Lightning Talk event, held on September 8, 2025. This fast-paced event featured a series of faculty lightning talks designed to showcase Utah's Unique Data Resources and spark interdisciplinary collaboration across the university. These talks showcased the diverse ways data can inform, inspire, and innovate across fields, and provided opportunities for presenters and attendees to explore how data intersects with their own work and connect with others doing the same. Slides from the presentation are available here: Utah's Unique Data Powerhouses Master Slide Deck 3.pptx.
Lightning Talks
- Horns, JJ, Ibele, A. (2025). MarketScan: A Comprehensive Database of Commercial and Public Healthcare Insurance Claims.
- Madsen, R. (2025). Real World Data to Evidence: An Alternative. (Presenting for Ram Gouripeddi)
- Amburgey, V. (2025). Identifying Fit-For-Purpose Data Resources for Translational Research.
- Pascucci, V. (2025). Open Enrollment for a Novel AI Imaging Data Exchange.
- Alexander, K., Golden, M. (2025). The Hive: The University of Utah’s Research Data Repository.
- Madsen, R. (2025). CDIS: Clinical Data Interoperability Services.
- Miller, M. (2025). Utah Cancer Registry: Utah’s Population-Based Source of Data on Cancers Diagnosed in Utah.
- Ramshaw, M. (2025). Center for High Performance Computing.
- Willburn, J. (2025). Intelvia: Patient Blood Management (PBM) Insights Improving Patient Outcomes.
- Hollingshaus, M. (2025). Utah Caregiving Population Science (C-PopS).
- Jones, L. (2025). Health Research Opportunities in the WFRDC.
- Deshmukh, V. (2025). Data Science Services and Enterprise Data Warehouse .
- Madsen, M. (2025). Utah Population Database (UPDB).
- Samore, M. (2025). What makes VA Data Uniquely Powerful.
- Tate, J. (2025). The National Data Platform: Democratizing Data Discovery, Access & Use (Presenting for Manish Parashar)