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...
(The New York Times) - “Every baby elephant should be dropping dead of colon cancer at age 3,” said Dr. Joshua D. Schiffman, a pediatric oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer...
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)...
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...
(KUTV) - Salt Lake City man got the surprise of a lifetime. New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees, showed up to give him a couple surprises along with confirming to...
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...
(Deseret News) - A team of University of Utah researchers tapped into a $5.5 million grant to look at real-time triggers for pediatric asthma attacks, including local air quality conditions...
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...
(St. George News) - 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...
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...
(KUER) - Scientists at the University of Utah have identified dozens of genes responsible for breast cancer, colon cancer, cardiovascular defects, autism, and numerous rare diseases.
(People Magainze) - Three Utah sisters received cochlear implants allowing them to hear for the first time. Richard Gurgel, MD, talks about the journey.
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - The University of Utah was one of the five centers coordinating the work of about 100 medical centers that recruited 9,300 patients for the research.
(heatlh24) - A study by Jeremiah Alt, MD, PhD, found that after surgery to clear their sinuses many people reported better quality of life and improved sleep.
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...