Patients whose blood pressure target was lowered to reach a systolic goal of less than 120 mmHg had their risk for heart attack, heart failure or stroke reduced by 24...

Division chief and professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School joins the U on March 1, 2016.

Author Stephen Covey to speak at event on November 10th.

U among top schools selected for AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium

Angela Fagerlin, Ph.D., an internationally known researcher at the University of Michigan, will join the University of Utah as the first permanent chair of the School of Medicine's new Department...

School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute faculty member co-led multisite clinical trial that led to FDA approval.

The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) has honored Eric Swanson, M.D., medical director of AirMed and emergency medicine physician at University of Utah Health Care, as the Barbara A...

Truck drivers who are frequently fatigued after work, use cell phones while driving, or have an elevated pulse pressure – a potential predictor of cardiovascular disease - may be at...

A study led by the University of Utah School of Medicine has identified molecular mechanisms that control an immune cell’s ability to remember. They found that in helper T cells...

Nobel laureate Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., and Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., receive the rare honor of being elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Nelson, a cardiothoracic surgeon known for building the first heart-lung bypass machine used on a human, was the keynote speaker at the School of Medicine alumni event celebrating 60 years...

Peter R. Huntsman is named as Chief Executive Officer of both Huntsman Foundation and Huntsman Cancer Foundation

A study led by the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah could explain why elephants rarely get cancer. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)...

Charlton Park has been named Chief Analytics Officer (CAO) for University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, a newly created position.

In its effort to develop and implement strategies to stop the spread of infectious diseases, including Ebola, in health care settings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...

University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) ranks University of Utah Health Care (UUHC) among the nation’s top academic medical centers.

The Johnson Foundation of Jamestown, New York, has made a generous gift of $100,000 to the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center to help find new treatments for...

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A team of University of Utah researchers has received a $5.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop an informatics...

U pathologist who served on committee says doctor-patient communication is a critical part of the solution.

Dixie State University and the University of Utah School of Medicine are in the planning stages of a new partnership that would offer a Physician Assistant (PA) Program in Southern...

Procedure allows doctors to repair damaged heart tissue from the inside out

University of Utah Health Sciences is pleased to announce Jon-Kar Zubieta, M.D., Ph.D., as its new Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University’s School of Medicine and Psychiatrist-in-Chief...

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