College of Health Interim Dean Scott Ward, PhD, has announced the promotion of Anna Tibbitts to Director of Advancement, effective immediately. Tibbitts has served as the College’s interim director since...
The University of Utah has honored Kirk Nichols, PhM, with the 2023 Distinguished University Teaching Award. Nichols is an associate professor/lecturer in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism...
Les Chatelain, a longtime professor in the Department of Health & Kinesiology , passed away recently after a short battle with cancer. A University of Utah graduate, Chatelain spent his...
Whether it’s boxing out on the basketball court or making a cut on a soccer field, balance is key for athletes. And when they lose it—due to concussion or other...
Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology graduate students Sohom Mookherjee and Sean Tatum have received the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award . This highly competitive fellowship provides up to...
It’s not easy to be a new baby, especially when bath time is involved. Enter swaddle bathing, which is clinically proven to keep preterm and full-term babies warmer and happier...
One third of adults in the U.S. have chronic musculoskeletal pain, and opioids are commonly prescribed for pain management. But prescription opioids can come with risk of opioid misuse, addiction...
When Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP, received Honors of the Association from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) this year, she became the only faculty member at the University of Utah to...
It’s actually rocket science. The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders’ Skyler Jennings, AuD, PhD is part of a team that’s received research funds from the Air Force for a...
Sarah Puig-Holzman received the College’s Inclusive Excellence Award in the spring, and her capacity for community service seems to have no limits. As she completes her coordinated master’s program with...
Jonathan Petrocelli is a research star. He’s one of only three students in the nation to receive the most prestigious National Institute of Health predoctoral award, which funds both his...
Kimberly Hales, MS, CCC-SLP, is on a mission to serve the underserved, in Utah and worldwide. Today she’s an assistant clinical professor with the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders...
Casey Swiss loves the Greatest Snow on Earth—so much that he’s planned his career around it. The Michigan native chased pow for multiple winters as a ski instructor, but he...
Kota Takahashi, PhD, is new to the U—he only started his position as assistant professor with the Department of Health and Kinesiology in August. But he’s already helped secure two...
The National Science Foundation has awarded a Stage 1 Planning Grant to a project led by the College’s Shannon Jones, MS, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Nutrition and...
You might think about becoming a dietitian or working in a community clinic when you study nutrition, but how about working for a tech company that scans your dinner plate...
Amery Kongphouthakhoun felt like an outsider. A first-generation college student from Laos, she didn’t set foot on Utah’s campus until the first day of classes. She didn’t have any connections...
Paul Estabrooks, PhD, Associate Dean for Community Engagement, has received one of the highest honors in the profession of kinesiology: he’s been inducted as a fellow into the National Academy...
Sweeps are sweet, especially at national conferences. Faculty-mentored student groups in the College’s Department of Occupational and Recreational Therapies took first and second place in a research poster presentation section...
