Congrats to Dr. @athorpe8.bsky.social on a @primarychildrens.bsky.social Early Career Development Award! His project will design a mobile health tool to help adolescents starting GLP-1 RA therapy stay on track.
Health System Innovation & Research Division, PHS Department
@uofuhsir.bsky.social
The Division of Health System Innovation & Research (HSIR) at the University of Utah promotes the right care for every patient by enhancing the efficiency, value, and quality of care delivered by health care systems and clinicians.
More adults over 60 are using cannabis edibles - not to get high, but to manage pain, sleep, and mental health. Our faculty, Rebecca Delaney, PhD, joined KUTV 2 News to discuss her new @jamanetworkopen.com study. Watch: youtu.be/K7OEYzlr0Xs
Our community raised $3,135 for the Scholar Support Bridge Fund during Giving Days! These funds keep PHS graduate students and postdocs moving forward when funding gaps hit. Thank you to every donor.
🚀 Double your impact! Our Chair, @angiefagerlin.bsky.social, is matching all gifts to the Scholar Support Bridge Fund—dollar for dollar—up to $1,000! 💸 Early giving is open now. Help our researchers maintain momentum: www.givecampus.com/s/4hu9i8 #UofUHealth #GivingDays #ResearchImpact
Mark your calendars for March 24–25! 🗓️ We’re highlighting the Scholar Support Bridge Fund: providing vital financial aid to trainees facing unexpected funding gaps. 🩺📊 Ensure research for better health outcomes continues without interruption. Join us! #UGivingDays
We’re proud to share that the Department of Population Health Sciences is ranked #10 in Public Health in the 2025 BRIMR rankings of NIH funding. Grateful for our faculty, trainees, staff, and partners who make this work possible.
Can a video game help teens & young adults with chronic disease live longer, healthier lives? Dr. Rebecca Delaney, PhD, is developing an innovative game-based intervention to empower youth and improve outcomes. Learn more @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDgN...
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Chipman, our Educator of the Year! 🌟Dr. Chipman makes complex biostatistics concepts accessible through clear instruction, hands-on learning, real-world application, while fostering an inclusive, supportive environment for student success. 👏
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. @melissa-watt.bsky.social l on 6 years with our department and being named Faculty Service Award recipient! Her leadership, mentorship, and commitment to community, belonging, and workforce engagement make our department stronger every day. 👏✨
Together with our colleagues at @huntsmancancer.bsky.social, we packed 400+ food boxes at the Utah Food Bank during a time when food security is a huge challenge in our community. 💝 Love that this event brought faculty, staff & students to work & have fun together! @uofuhealth.bsky.social
@utah.edu researchers from @uofuphs.bsky.social, Communications, Health & Kinesiology, and College of Nursing have been awarded a $4M CDC grant to boost participation in lifestyle change programs for rural communities across Utah and the Mountain West. Read more at bit.ly/UUCDC1125
Join us as Dr. Rebecca Delaney presents on “Emerging Voices: How Adolescents and Young Adults Want to Make Decisions About Congenital Heart Disease Care”. Register now: crm.smdm.org/civicrm/even... #SMDM
Join our next seminar with Dr Adam Bress from @uofuphs.bsky.social that will explore issues of therapeutic inertia for patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia 🗓️ Thursday 24 April ⏲️ 15:00 BST 📍 LSHTM | Online More details ⬇️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
✨Trainee Highlight: Sophie Huebler✨ As a Biostatistics PhD trainee, she's grateful for the support that made travel possible—& hopes others can share the experience. 🌍🤝 💡 It is officially Giving Day! Donate to Scholars in Motion ✈️ fund: uofuhealth.org/PHSGD #GivingDay
Your support makes a difference! Ka-Ho Wong, a PhD trainee in Health Systems Research, benefits from travel funding to expand research, collaborate globally, and drive public health change. 💡 Give Early is LIVE! Support the Scholars in Motion fund today: uofuhealth.org/PHSGD #UGivingDay #UGD25
🎉 Match Announcement Alert! 🎉 We are thrilled to share that our department chair, Dr. @angiefagerlin.bsky.social, has generously agreed to match ALL donations up to $1,000! That means your gift will have double the impact in supporting our trainees #GivingDay #UGivingDay #UGD25
Super excited to share key findings from our study in JAMA NO! Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report: -wanting abx for an URI 💊 -Needing help w/health-related materials 📖 -Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀 -Disbelief in science 🚫🔬 💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Characteristics and Antibiotic Preferences by Frequency of Antibiotic Use
This survey study compares demographic characteristics, beliefs, and antibiotic preferences of US adults who frequently use antibiotics with those who have not used antibiotics over the past year.
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