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Food is Medicine, 2022

Save the Date! 2022 Food is Medicine Conference Open Registration

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The Food is Medicine Conference is a continuing education conference hosted by the University of Utah Center for Community Nutrition designed for healthcare professionals who are looking to better incorporate nutrition into patient care. The FIM conference will bring together over 200 health professionals, students, and community leaders to learn, engage and collaborate on the prescriptive power of nutrition to advance the prevention and treatment of chronic illness.

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June 14, 2022

Introducing the XR Classroom

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The Eccles Health Sciences Library has built out a virtual simulation space for the health sciences in the Eccles Health Sciences Education Building (EHSEB).

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September 30, 2021

Growing a Seed Library

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The Eccles Health Sciences Library has partnered with the College of Nursing, Edible Campus Gardens and the FeedU Pantry to build a Seed Library! It is aimed at increasing access to locally grown food, providing food for those with food insecurity, facilitating local plant resilience to disease, and promoting community well-being for Health Sciences students, staff and faculty. 

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April 12, 2021
Community Volunteers

3D Printing PPE Update: Community volunteers and library staff chip in to help hospital

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The libraries have been using a fleet of over 40 3D printers, with more than a dozen donated from Salt Lake County Libraries, to print Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the University of Utah hospital. The Center for Medical Innovation and the Library recently partnered to 3D print parts for a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) system they created.

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April 30, 2020