We were thrilled to add three new SPARC Core Faculty to our ranks last year — @annaibele @callie_mt & Joanna Grudziak.
Huge congrats to @zkastenberg @BenjaminSBrooke & @jimhotalingmd on their new grant awards.
A highlight of 2021: $3.8M @NICHD_NIH R01 funded. Failed x12 prior. GEMS grant exploring de novo mutation rates in infertile men w/@JingtaoGuo@aaronquinlan Ki Aston. In January we will have 4 funded R01s in mens health/infertility @UtahUrology Amazing team science.
@ajschaeffer_md talking at the Middleton VP about mortality outcomes in spina bifida patients by decade - amazing use of the UPDB through @utahSPARC@UofUSurgery@UtahUroRes - Great opportunity for trainees to get involved in research!