VITALS: The Latest News And Events


Miss the Sex & Gender Differences Research Session?

Don’t worry! You can still see the video here: http://bit.ly/WJ3S9h Access the handouts and the slides here: http://bit.ly/11HIgJo The session covered: What is the difference between sex and gender? How do sex and gender affect health? Why is it important to include sex and gender differences in research? Where can I find more information and […]

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March 27 LIFT Forum – Innovation Efforts that Excite!

The Wednesday, March 27 Library and Information Technology Forum features Jean Shipman, Bob Chestnut, Patrick Loftus, Glenn Prestwich and Dave Morrison who will present an overview of some of the innovation efforts on campus. Presenters and their topic include: Jean Shipman, Director Eccles Library: “Innovation and Librarians” – Librarians are a natural innovation partner, as […]

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Ask the Expert Women’s Health series: Nutrition and Your Brain

You are invited to our next presentation on Wednesday March 27th at the Madsen Health Center for our Ask the Expert Women’s Health series. This month’s topic is “Nutrition and Your Brain”. Rachel Jones, Assistant Professor, College of Health at the University of Utah will discuss: the best functional food and nutrients for your brain […]

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It’s Oscar Time

Get your own health care Oscar by participating in our video contest sponsored by the University of Utah’s Health Literacy Interest Group. 1. Register a team by March 4th. Email Erica Lake: erica.lake@utah.edu 2. Create a 30-second to 1-minute public service announcement. Choose any health literacy issue, such as: Failure to take medications correctly Overuse […]

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Trial of Data Citation Index

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Thomson Reuters is developing a new database, called Data Citation Index, that will allow researchers to search for data sets across many subject-based data repositories. Data Citation Index currently includes about 70 of the 500+ data repositories that exist worldwide. We recently started a month-long trial of Data Citation Index and we want to know […]

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