Virginia Valentin, DrPH, PA-C was appointed Division Chief of the Utah Physician Assistant Program (UPAP) in August 2020. In this interview, Dr. Valentin discusses her transition as Chief, the current...
Intermountain Healthcare was just named the 2020-2021 American Academy of PAs (AAPA) Employer of Excellence. The award was not possible without the dedicated service of the organization’s PA’s, many of...
The work of Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor Jennifer Weidhass, PhD and Division of Public Health associate professor Jim VanDerslice, PhD in gathering information about the spread of the...
Denise Diaz-Robles, one of the U's Physician Assistant students, writes a letter to the editor of the Salt Lake Tribune praising the work of Physician Assistants in the state and...
The American Public Health Association (APHA)—the largest public health organization in the world—recently elected Charles R. Rogers, PhD, MPH, MS, MCHES® as 1 of 8 Governing Council members for the...
Kirsten Stoesser, MD, FAAFP has helped raise the profile of our Family Medicine program nationally by serving in positions of leadership in important Family Medicine organizations.
Denise Diaz-Robles, one of the U's Physician Assistant students, writes a letter to the editor of the Salt Lake Tribune praising the work of Physician Assistants in the state and...
Recent UPAP graduate Chanda Duncan was part of a spotlight on the Today Show featuring Physician Assistants across the country celebrating Physician Assistant Week. Duncan appeared masked alongside several other...
Rana Habboush, who joined the PA program in 2018, was featured in the Winter 2020 edition of UtahMed, the alumni magazine for the University of Utah School of Medicine. Rana's...
Vannina Gwilliam, recent UPAP graduate, joined several others from Intermountain Healthcare highlighting the great work done by translators and interpreters in the health professions.
NPR interviews Public Health researcher Charles R. Rogers, PhD, MPH, MS, MCHES® to help explain the impact of CRC and the importance of early detection screening for this preventable, beatable...
TP Singh, BDS, MDS, MPH and Fares Qeadan, PhD announced last week the IRB approval of a research project collaboration between themselves and the University of Utah School of Dentistry...
Charles R. Rogers, PhD, MPH, MS, MCHES® was recently featured on “Voices with Jawan Strader,” a NBC 6 program, last week. In the program, Dr. Rogers sat on a panel...
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health recently published “What Protective Health Measures Are Americans Taking in Response to COVID-19? Results from the COVID Impact Survey,” a collaborative...
Karen Schliep, PhD, MSPH was recently awarded a K01 award titled “Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Subsequent Risk of Vascular Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, or Related Dementia: A Retrospective Cohort Study...
On Wednesday, September 2, UPAP celebrated its 49th graduating class of Physician Assistants in a special online ceremony. Graduating student awards were also announced at this meeting.
Last Thursday, Michael Magill, MD, Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the University of Utah Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (DFPM), was awarded the prestigious F. Marian Bishop Leadership Award...
Two of our international students – Kebba Kah (PhD student) and Ghazaleh Safazadeh (MPH student) received community engagement scholarships from the U's International Student Scholar Services (ISSS) office in August...