Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century

academic healthcare system, the University of Utah is home
to a wide breadth and depth of more than 1,000 medical
specialists. Rich partnerships with the University of Utah
Schools of Medicine and Dentistry as well as the colleges of
Nursing, Pharmacy, and Health set the university apart from
other healthcare conglomerates in the region.
University of Utah Health Care aims to improve individual
and community health and quality of life. The system
provides services available nowhere else in the region, such
as University Hospital’s Burn Center and the Moran Eye
Center. With a strong passion for research, the institution
fosters innovation that has led to breakthroughs in artificial
organs, cancer treatments, and medical imaging, among others.
The University of Utah is able to recruit some of the
finest researchers, doctors, nurses and other professionals
from across the U.S. based on its excellent reputation for
fulfilling its mission of providing compassionate care
without compromise, educating scientists and healthcare
professionals for the future, and engaging in research to
advance knowledge and well-being.
University of Utah Health Care thrives on its values of
compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility and
diversity and is constantly reevaluating how it meets these
values in delivery of care.
In addition to an exceptional healthcare system, the
University of Utah conducts groundbreaking research.
The university advances knowledge through innovative,
basic and clinical research and translates discoveries into
applications that help people.
From Nobel laureate Mario Capecchi’s landmark work in
gene targeting to pioneering investigations in areas as diverse
as neural interfaces and using stem cells to regenerate
healthy tissue in diseased hearts, the University of Utah
School of Medicine is internationally regarded for its
innovative basic science and biomedical research. With
almost $160 million in annual research funding, the School
of Medicine also has earned a well-deserved reputation
among physicians and scientists as a place where faculty
and students can pursue creative and novel ideas in a
collaborative and supportive environment.
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University of Utah Health Care thrives because of our values of compassion,
collaboration, innovation, responsibility and diversity.
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