Sara Knight, PhD, has received approval for research funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). This award is part of PCORI’s latest efforts to strengthen meaningful engagement in comparative...
Gerald Cochran, MSW, PhD, Professor in the Division of Epidemiology, has received a notice of Award for a new five-year U01 ($3.5 million) from the Centers for Disease Control and...
Drs. Karen Curtin, Alun Thomas, Lisa Cannon-Albright, and Molly Leecaster are celebrated for their years of service and contributions to scientific research.
On August 4, Pugh won an Outstanding Research Accomplishment award at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium for her TBI research. The award recognizes individual investigators who have recently...
New research led by Michael Rubin, MD, PhD, and Lindsay Keegan, PhD, reveals that Clostridium difficile spreads within ICUs over three times more than previously believed. Their findings highlight the...
Adam J. Gordon, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM, and Gerald (Jerry) Cochran, MSW, PhD, have been awarded a 7-year renewal for the Greater Intermountain Node (GIN) from the NIH National Institute...
Julia E. Szymczak, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Utah Quality Advancement Laboratory, has been awarded the $12 million PCORI Broad Pragmatic Trial Award...
Principal Investigators Julie M. Fritz, PhD, PT, ATC, from the College of Health and Adam J. Gordon, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM, from the School of Medicine will lead University of...
The Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) and Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) are showcasing different researchers to spotlight our university’s studies and potential breakthroughs, including Dr. Katharine...
Two esteemed faculty members from the University of Utah's Division of Epidemiology, Professor Gerald (Jerry) Cochran, MSW, PhD, and Associate Professor Megan Vanneman, PhD, MPH, have been recognized for their...
The Food and Drug Administration is facing backlash over its approval of a genetic test intended to determine if a person is at increased risk for opioid addiction. The test...
Katherine Walter, PhD, a researcher from the Division of Epidemiology, leads efforts to trace Valley fever in Utah, spurred by the unexpected outbreak among archaeologists, highlighting the urgent need to...
The Fellowship in Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, and Bioinformatics is a 2-year paid full-time interprofessional post-graduate fellowship through the University of Utah with a dual appointment (Without Compensation status) at the...
Internal medicine researchers Dr. Catherine Loc-Carrillo and Dr. Kristi Warren are investigating airborne viral risks in hospitals, providing crucial data on virus persistence after procedures.
A $17.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was recently awarded to University of Utah researchers in collaboration with Washington State University. The...
Dr. David Classen discusses new research which suggests that hospital electronic health records (EHRs) that are difficult to use are also less likely to catch medical errors that could harm...
Katharine S. Walter, PhD, recently wrote an article featured in The Nation that highlights how Washington State's largest tuberculosis outbreak in decades infiltrated its prison system.
