News

In honor of Dr. Barry M. Stults’ exceptional care, Janet Mancini has established the Vincent P. and Janet Mancini Endowed Chair in the Division of General Internal Medicine.

Congratulations! Candace Chow, PhD, MA has been selected as one of the 2024 Academic Medicine Excellence in Reviewing Award winners!

Valerie Vaughn, MD, MS, SFHM, FACP, Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Internal Medicine, has been selected as...

Dr. Valerie Vaughn, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine physician scientist at the University of Utah, is the first author of an article recently published in the Journal...

The Division of General Internal Medicine would like to highlight Jared Huber for receiving the M. Paul Southwick Prize award. Read more here

Dr. Valerie Vaughn, from the Division of General Internal Medicine, has recently contributed to a study highlighting the elevated risk of bacteremia in hospitalized adults with asymptomatic bacteriuria.

Dr. Michael Incze, Dr. Taylor Kelley, along with fellow providers, use hospitalizations to engage with individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) in treatment.

Jared S. Huber, MD, has been appointed as University of Utah Health’s inaugural Medical Director of Home-Based Care

Dr. RJ Williams, a StARR Program Participant and Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Utah, attains career milestone with dengue virus paper in Science Advances.

The Department of Internal Medicine awarded the Junior Clinical Track- Award and the Research/Tenure-Line Award to two female faculty.

Dr. David Bjorkman, former Interim Department Chair of Internal Medicine, received the Distinguished Alumni Award while Dr. Valerie Vaughn, Assistant Professor and the Director of Hospital Medicine Research in the...

UQuAL co-directors Dr. Valerie Vaughn and Dr. Julia Szymczak were awarded a prestigious R01 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to support the Reducing Overuse of...

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Lappe, Assistant Professor and hospitalist in Internal Medicine, on winning the 2023 Peer Recognition for Excellence in Educational Leadership.

Dr. Victoria Vardell and Dr. Alex Zheutlin have successfully completed their internal medicine residencies and the rigorous requirements of the StARR Research Training Program.

Last month, the annual Staff Excellence Awards ceremony took place, honoring the hard work, dedication, and exceptional contributions of employees within our department.

Dr. Valerie Vaughn, Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been selected for the 2023-2024 NAM Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence program.

Congratulations to Dr. Casey Gradick in the Division of General Internal Medicine, who has been selected to receive the 2023 Early Career Educator Award in Health Sciences.

In this Viewpoint, we discuss implications of the recent White House National Drug Control Strategy. While the Strategy outlines a bold path to improve substance use care and reduce overdose...

Congratulations to Dr. Sonja Raaum on accepting the position of Director of Gender Equity for the Department of Internal Medicine.

Each month, one staff member from the Department of Internal Medicine will be highlighted in our staff recognition program called "From the Desk Of..." We are fortunate to have such...

VPCAT has announced their new scholars for 2023-2024. We are proud to share that 4 of our Internal Medicine junior faculty have been selected!

Dr. Michael (Mike) Incze recently received the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Mountain West Regional Award for Advocacy and Community Service. This award from SGIM recognizes Dr. Incze’s exceptional...

Several existing frameworks scaffold the process of efficiently discussing research articles. Most primarily focus on analyzing basic study design and outcomes. 1 While these skills remain fundamental to understanding medical...

Bacteria and clinicians have one thing in common: resistance. As widespread antibiotic use has increased, antimicrobial resistance has risen.1 Despite this, many clinicians remain resistant to changing their antibiotic-prescribing habits.1...