University of Utah Medical Department Ranks Third Nationally in NIH Grants
By Utah News Staff · September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
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University of Utah medical achievements and new facility openings were noted in 2004 press releases.
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The University of Utah Department of Family and Preventive Medicine ranked third nationally in NIH grants in 2004.
The University of Utah Hospital opened a health center in South Jordan in 2004.
The South Jordan Health Center was established to provide local access to University of Utah medical services.
In 2004, the University of Utah School of Medicine's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine was ranked as the third-ranked family medicine department in the country in terms of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
During that same year, the University of Utah Hospital opened the South Jordan Health Center. The facility was designed to provide residents of South Jordan access to medical services available through the University of Utah within their own neighborhood.