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Domestic Violence and the Voice for Change

Domestic Violence and the Voice for Change

This is a guest blog post by Adrianne Shewell, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Student. She wrote this after attending exhibits and events as part of the “Violence Against Women: Changing Perspective”, which happened at the Eccles Health Sciences Library from March 4 – April 27, 2019. —- According to a 2007 Study by the […]

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Utah Women in Medicine Exhibit Opening Sept 17th

Utah Women in Medicine Exhibit Opening Sept 17th

Utah Women in Medicine Exhibit – opens Sept 17th The Utah Women in Medicine Exhibit presents many of the female clinicians and researchers who have contributed to the health sciences legacy of excellence at the University of Utah, from the pioneering women in the early medical classes to the innovative women advancing today’s medical field. […]

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Check out the Anatomage Table 6.0 Update

Check out the Anatomage Table 6.0 Update

There are a few updates to the Anatomage Table in the Eccles Health Sciences Library that I’m excited to share. The Anatomage Table is a digital cadaver experience for students learning anatomy. It is located near the front desk on the main level of the Eccles Library. On Monday, a new Table 6.0 software was […]

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Creating the Healthiest Nation:  Climate Changes Health

Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health

From now until September 30, 2018, the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library through support from the OHEI Herman Hooten Travel Fund and the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion (OHEI) has access to the digital video of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health, the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association.

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Eccles Health Sciences Library Attains Green Office Certification

Eccles Health Sciences Library Attains Green Office Certification

In January 2018, the Eccles Health Sciences Library (EHSL) was pleased to be recognized for our continuing progress towards the university’s sustainability goals. Bronze Level Green Office Certification was presented to EHSL by Myron Willson and Karren Fultz of the University of Utah Sustainability Office. EHSL met the following criteria in order to achieve Green […]

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Dr. Philip B. Price, Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine 1956-1962

Dr. Philip B. Price, Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine 1956-1962

Challenge, always makes people rise to the occasion.” -Dr. Philip B. Price observed in 1969. Born of Presbyterian missionary parents on March 7, 1897 in Kashing Checkiang, China, Philip Price was taught by his mother until the family returned to the United States on furlough in 1910. Graduating with his medical degree from Johns Hopkins […]

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AAMC Faculty Salary Report Available at Eccles Library

AAMC Faculty Salary Report Available at Eccles Library

The AAMC Faculty Salary Report has been updated for 2018 (with FY 2017 survey data from 145 U.S. medical schools) and is now available for in house use at the Eccles Health Sciences Library.  The benchmarking report contains total compensation information for more than 110,000 full-time faculty across 92 departments/specialties based on data from participating […]

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