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August 17, 2021

Issue 022

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE RESEARCH SPECTRUM—
FROM CELLS TO CLINICS TO COMMUNITIES—TO TRANSFORM HEALTH

The University of Utah announces a new institute on campus: the Utah Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), formerly known as Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). CTSI's expansive infrastructure is available to every college on campus to translate discoveries in order to improve human health.

“The CTSI helps ensure that the community has access to these discoveries sooner; to go beyond just saying ‘it works’ and actually pushing it from the pre-clinical space to patient access and opportunities," explains CTSI co-director Rachel Hess, MD.

PIONEERING THE FUTURE: WOMEN'S HEALTH

Researchers at University of Utah Health are improving the quality of life for women by advancing health care options from contraception to cancer care. Their progress is leading to better patient care and more equitable health care access.

EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES LEAD TO QUICKER RECOVERY

U of U Health research published in PLOS ONE shows that people with lower back pain injury miss 11 more days of work in a year when they receive treatments that are not recommended by medical guidelines compared to people given evidence-based care.

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SPOTLIGHT PUBLICATIONS

HEADLINES

Getting to Know the Fungus Among Us (In Our Guts) (Science Friday)
U of U Researchers May Have Found a Way to Fix a Broken Heart (Deseret News)
U of U Health Scientists Scientists Say Certain Video Games Help Improve Mental Health in Adults (KSL)
What Delta Has Changed in the COVID Pandemic—and What it Hasn't (STAT)
U of U Increases Research Efforts During Latest COVID Surge (KUTV)
How the Coronavirus Infects Cells—and Why Delta is so Dangerous (Nature)

UPDATED CLINICAL RESEARCH STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE RESOURCES

Under the direction of the OQC, the University Cross-Departmental SOP Collaboration Group works to create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and provide guidelines that can be used across the University. Despite a wealth of existing resources, they work to provide additional resources and timely updates to previous material.

ADVANCE IN UNDERSTANDING HEART FAILURE AND RECOVERY

A protein that helps regulate calcium signaling within heart cells could play a key role in preventing chronic heart failure, according to an international study led by U of U Health scientists and published in Nature Communications. Therapeutics targeting the protein could eventually help alleviate heart failure.

SUPPORTING NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT STEM EDUCATION

Nearly 150 Native American middle-school children recently visited ARUP Laboratories as part of an American Indian Services PREP Program (AIS PREP) that focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education The children traveled from reservations in South Dakota, Idaho, New Mexico, and Utah.

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