Research at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
Research at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
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Where Discovery and Innovation Meet 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.
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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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.
Pioneering the Future
We’re always asking, “What’s next?” Our thinking jumps off the page and into lives. Pioneering the Future: Stories of Discovery and Innovation tells stories of high-impact research that is advancing knowledge and improving health and well-being.
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What began in 2014 as a diabetes-focused program, The Center for Metabolic Health has grown into a hub for scientists and clinicians across various fields who view metabolism as the common thread.
New research has uncovered why blood clotting malfunctions in IBD—and identified drugs that normalize blood clotting in human cells and animal models of IBD.
Neurosurgeon Robert Rennert, MD, led research efforts for a retrospective study of 70 patients, reviewing nearly 13,000 data points
Parts of the human genome change much faster than was previously known, laying the foundations for new insights into the roots of human disease and evolution.
Mathematical modeling suggests that antibiotics could help stop Cholera spread during outbreaks.
A new analysis of Korean all-women extreme divers has uncovered genetic differences that may lower blood pressure.
Guidelines produced by Ryan Metcalf, MD, an associate professor of pathology at the University of Utah Health, suggest that doctors should perform fewer platelet transfusions than previous guidelines indicated.
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.
