With its exceptional strength in clinical and biomedical research, state-of-the-art facilities, and its world-class entrepreneurship culture, the University of Utah offers a unique foundation to grow synergistic interdisciplinary collaborative opportunities, to drive and ultimately to translate our laboratory research efforts towards the well-being of the society. 

Biomedical  & Clinical Research

University of Utah Health has a rich clinical research environment, outstanding resources and faculties with exceptional collaborative spirit.

• University Hospital
• Huntsman Cancer Institute
• University Orthopaedic Center
• University Neuropsychiatric Institute

Students also have the opportunity to experience clinical immersion training to help them identify and address unmet clinical need.

This video features Department of Bioengineering clinical immersion training experience. (Video by the Department of Bioengineering at University of Utah.)

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Research Centers & Facilities

The University of Utah centers and core facilities provide state-of-the-art instrumentation supports, professional services and interdisciplinary collaborative opportunities to grow our laboratory research vision.

• Utah Nanofab is a world-class surface analysis and micro-nano fabrication facility. Its 5000 square foot of microscopy suite and class 100 cleanroom enable cutting-edge micro & nanoscale research.
• NMR Center
• Research Histology
• Materials Characterization
• Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery
• The Utah Center for Advanced Imaging and Research (UCAIR) 
• Center of Excellence for Biomedical Microfluidics​​​

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Entrepreneurship

​The innovation ecosystem at the University of Utah provides outstanding support for technology transfer, entrepreneurship and commercialization of research efforts.

• Technology and Venture Commercialization
• ​Center for Medical Innovation
• Center for Engineering Innovation
• Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute

The University of Utah has been ranked as the best United States university for technology transfer in the 2017 Milken Institute report, and has been ranked 19th in the world on the Nature Index on its broad influence on inventions. It has also been ranked 7th by Nature Biotechnology 35, 203 (2017) in the highest total life science licensing income among the top United States Universities and 30th by Reuters as  the World's Most Innovative Universities (2018).

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University of Utah campus overview.

Join us!
We are currently looking for outstanding, highly motivated candidates of all levels to join our group!

Fully funded positions:

• Ph.D. candidates for students passionate to learn about 3D printing/additive manufacturing of nanomaterials-based biomedical electronics and robots, and/or soft matter physics phenomena (e.g., nanomaterials patterning and deposition);
• Students pursuing M.D.-Ph.D. at the University of Utah; 
• Postdocs with outstanding publications record in the related area.

Other research positions:

• Master students
• Visiting student​s and scholars 
• Undergraduate students 

Please send an email to yong.kong@utah.edu with the following:

1. Title the email with “[APPLY] - 'Position of interest' - 'your full name' ”.
2. Attach a CV, all academic transcripts since undergraduate studies, and a copy of GRE and TOEFL/IELTS score reports.

​Short-listed candidates will be contacted as soon as possible. We have several openings and the applications will continue to be considered until the position has been filled.
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