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HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Vol. 27, No. 2 Published by the Office of Public Affairs, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132. Telephone 801- 581- 7387. Articles may be reprinted with permission. University of Utah Health Sciences School of Medicine College of Pharmacy College of Nursing College of Health University Hospitals & Clinics University of Utah Medical Group Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Huntsman Cancer Institute John A. Moran Eye Center Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Editor: Susan Sample Editorial Consultant: Anne Brillinger Contributing Writers: Polly Richman, Phil Sahm Photographers: Sean Graff; Tim Kelly; Steve Leitch, Medical Graphics and Photography Visit the University of Utah Health Sciences Center Web site at: uuhsc. utah. edu. Cover: Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Ph. D., associate professor in the medical school's Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, is investigating regeneration in planarians and stem cells, shown in the insets. Photo by Steve Leitch. HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT F E A T U R E S The Mystery of Regeneration 10 Losing their heads is no problem for planarians: they simply grow new ones. Developmental biologist Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado wants to know how. Energized! 14 Six women faculty members of the School of Medicine have returned from a national program with new leadership skills- and lots of enthusiasm- for academic medicine. A Spate of One's Own 21 Even with more than 1.9 million square feet of usable space at the health sciences center, employees manage to personalize where they work. D E P A R T M E N T S Headlines 2 People 8 In Memoriam 9 From the Bookshelf 26 The newly remodeled Hope Fox Eccles Clinical Library is a welcome resource for hospital patients and visitors, as well as clinicians in a hurry. Research in Brief 28 Gift of Health 30 The grand opening of the Eccles Critical Care Pavilion is captured in photos; donors establish new scholarships to benefit health sciences students. Opinion 33 |
