University of Utah School of Medicine

What University of Utah School of Medicine does

The Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah is a public medical school and component of the state-owned University of Utah system, headquartered in Salt Lake City. Founded in 1905 (with the parent university tracing to 1850), the school operates 23 science departments and a faculty of more than 1,000 physicians and researchers. It delivers medical education across the full training continuum — MD, MD-PhD, physician assistant training, public health degrees, medical laboratory science, residencies, fellowships, and continuing medical education — alongside interdisciplinary research in genetics of disease, cancer, biomedical informatics, and infectious diseases.

The school's functional technology stack centers on educational and clinical delivery rather than commercial software: point-of-care ultrasound, simulation-based training, student-led clinic platforms (e.g., Midvale low-income community clinics), longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs), telehealth capabilities, a nutrition-integrated MD curriculum, and adaptive eLearning for COVID-19 worker training. The CME office operates on the CloudCME platform, while occupational health training programs (Hazwoper, CERT, NERP) are delivered in hybrid online/in-person formats.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed as a stand-alone figure. The school draws on tuition and fees, federal research grants (CDC, NIH, NIOSH — with OEH receiving 30% from NIOSH), ACCME-accredited continuing medical education, alumni donations, fee-for-service occupational medicine evaluations through clinics in Salt Lake City and South Jordan, and clinical revenue routed through U of U Health. Auxiliary revenue from OEH training programs reaches over 5,000 health and safety professionals and 7,000+ businesses annually. Customer segments span MD applicants, residents and fellows, practicing physicians seeking CME credits, businesses and government agencies needing occupational health services, and research participants enrolled in studies such as RECOVER, PROTECT, and RAIVEN.

Name

University of Utah School of Medicine

Legal name

Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah

Website

https://medicine.utah.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1850

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

The Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah is a public medical school in Salt Lake City training physicians and researchers across 23 science departments, offering MD, residency, fellowship, and continuing education programs alongside occupational health, clinical research, and federally funded public health studies.

Ownership category

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Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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PRIMARYEDAHAGAB

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAGAD

Schools of Public Health

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAGAO

Schools of Medical Laboratory Science & Clinical Diagnostics

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAAALAC

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Graduate medical training
• Medical research programs
• Continuing medical education
• Occupational health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: MD program tuition and fees from medical students; also includes revenue from physician assistant training, public health degrees, and medical laboratory science programs
2. Research Grants and Contracts: Significant research funding from federal agencies including CDC, NIH, NIOSH, and other grant-funded research activities. The OEH division receives 30% from NIOSH grants.
3. Continuing Medical Education: CME activities and professional development courses generating revenue from healthcare professional training. ACCME accredited with commendation status.
4. Donations and Alumni Giving: Alumni donations supporting medical student programming, scholarships, and alumni outreach through the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Alumni Association Fund
5. Occupational Health Services: Fee-for-service clinical evaluations including fitness for duty, impairment ratings, and independent medical examinations through Occupational Medicine clinics

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah is an academic medical school providing medical education across the MD program, physician assistant training, residency and fellowship specialty training, and degrees in public health and medical laboratory science. It conducts interdisciplinary research in genetics of disease, cancer, biomedical informatics, and infectious diseases, operates student-led community clinics in Midvale, and provides ACCME-accredited continuing medical education and fee-for-service occupational medicine clinical services through the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.

Product overview

Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah is an academic medical center offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs (MD degrees, physician assistant training, residencies, fellowships, public health and medical laboratory science degrees), clinical care services (student-led community clinics), and research initiatives. The school operates through multiple divisions including the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH), which houses the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) and U-POWER (a NIOSH Total Worker Health Center). Research programs include COVID-19 studies (RECOVER, PROTECT), influenza vaccine research (RAIVEN), and occupational health initiatives. The school also provides extensive professional training through Hazwoper certification, CERT, NERP emergency preparedness courses, and continuing medical education (CME) accredited by ACCME with Commendation. The institution serves all people and communities of Utah and the Mountain West through education, clinical care, and scholarly research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MD Degree Program Four-year medical degree program training future physicians, with options including rural medicine, MD Nutrition Education, and the Southern Utah Regional Medical Campus. Designed for prospective medical students.
• MD-PhD Program Combined degree program for students pursuing both medical (MD) and doctoral (PhD) training at the School of Medicine.
• Residency Programs Postgraduate medical training programs across multiple specialties including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and more. For physicians who have completed medical school.
• Fellowship Programs Subspecialty fellowship training programs for physicians completing residency. Delivered through the Graduate Medical Education office.
• Physician Assistant Training Training program for physician assistants offered through the Division of Physician Assistant Education and Sciences. For students seeking careers as physician assistants.
• Public Health Degrees Graduate-level public health education through the Division of Public Health. For students pursuing careers in public health.
• Medical Laboratory Science Program Program training medical laboratory scientists through the Department of Pathology. For students entering the medical laboratory profession.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) CME office providing continuing education for healthcare professionals, accredited by ACCME with Commendation status. Delivered via the CloudCME online platform.
• Student-Led Clinics Community health clinics operated by medical students providing care to Midvale low-income populations, combining clinical service with compassion-based medical education.
• Occupational Medicine Residency Two-year residency program training physicians in occupational medicine, part of the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH). ACGME-accredited since 1978.
• Master of Occupational Health (MOH) Graduate degree for professionals in occupational health and safety, offered in emphases including Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety, and Occupational Medicine.
• Master of Science in Occupational Health (MSOH) Professional career training in occupational health with emphases in Ergonomics, General Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Injury Prevention, and Occupational Safety.
• PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health Advanced research doctorate in occupational and environmental health for academic or professional careers.
• Graduate Certificate of Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) Certificate program meeting regional and national needs for occupational safety and health personnel with emphases in Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics, and Safety.
• Hazwoper Training Program Hazardous materials worker training including 40-hour, 24-hour, 8-hour refresher courses, and Train the Trainer certification through the P2R Academy partnership.
• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) FEMA standardized emergency preparedness training program covering disaster response skills including fire safety, search and rescue, and medical operations.
• Neighborhood Emergency Response Planning (NERP) Free online course training communities in emergency preparedness and coordinated disaster response based on FEMA guidelines.
• Occupational Medicine Clinical Services Fee-for-service clinical evaluations including fitness for duty, impairment ratings, and independent medical examinations delivered through full-service Occupational Medicine clinics in Salt Lake City and South Jordan.
• RECOVER COVID-19 Study Multi-site CDC-funded prospective study examining COVID-19 infections among healthcare personnel, first responders, and frontline workers. The University of Utah site expects to enroll 600+ participants throughout Utah and up to 2,000 nationally.
• PROTECT Study CDC RECOVER cohort study recruiting unvaccinated children aged 6 months to 17 years to study COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness.
• RAIVEN Influenza vaccine efficacy trial (Randomized Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Efficacy Network) for adults aged 18-64 years.

Quantifiable outcome

• US News 2023 Rankings - Research, Primary Care, and Rural Areas
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1977OEH division operates in conjunction with RMCOEH, one of 18 centers of its kind sponsored by NIOSH. The center is jointly operated by University of Utah and Weber State University, established in 1977, and has maintained ACGME-accredited occupational medicine residency since 1978.
• U-POWER (Utah Center for Promotion of Work and Employment Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIOSH Total Worker Health Center of Excellence conducting research on work-health relationships, providing outreach materials, and hosting events. Led by Center Director Dr. Emily Ahonen with Associate Director Dr. Camie Schaefer.
• P2R Academy (Prevention, Preparedness, and Response)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between University of Texas School of Public Health's Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and University of Utah's Rocky Mountain Center, offering hazardous materials worker training and HazMat Leadership Academy.
• National CERT AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHybrid CERT program partnered with National CERT Association, California Governors Offices of Emergency Services (CalOES), Listos California, and Utah Division of Emergency Management.
• Utah Division of Emergency ManagementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Hybrid CERT program for disaster preparedness training.
• University of Utah Honors College Praxis LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent-led BLAZE project conducted through University of Utah Honors College's Praxis Lab Work and Health Inequities (Fall 2025 - Spring 2026).
• Office of Residence Life at University of UtahminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBLAZE research partnered with Office of Residence Life to distribute recruitment flyers in dorms and apartments.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• University of Colorado School of Medicine: Another Mountain West public medical school with MD, PA, residency, fellowship, and public health programs, plus an NIOSH-funded ERC. Highly comparable in scale, mission, and geographic reach to Utah's medical school.
• University of Washington School of Medicine: Public medical school operating the WWAMI regional medical education program across a multi-state region (WA, WY, AK, MT, ID), directly analogous to Utah's Southern Utah Regional Medical Campus and Rural Medicine Scholars strategy.
• University of New Mexico School of Medicine: Public medical school with strong rural and underserved-medicine focus and distributed regional campuses; directly comparable to Utah's mission-driven rural medicine positioning and Mountain West service area.
• University of Arizona College of Medicine: Public medical school with multiple campuses (Tucson and Phoenix) serving a Mountain West and Southwest population; comparable in mission-driven admissions, GME scale, and translational research footprint.
• University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health: Hosts one of the 18 NIOSH Education and Research Centers and offers occupational medicine residency and graduate degrees analogous to Utah's RMCOEH; a peer through the OEH/NIOSH layer.
• Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine: Public academic health center offering MD, PA, GME, and allied health programs in a Pacific/Mountain West geography; comparable in structure, research intensity, and state-university governance.
• University of Texas School of Public Health (SWCOEH): Partner of Utah's RMCOEH in the P2R Academy for Hazwoper/HazMat training and operator of its own NIOSH ERC; directly comparable in occupational health training and applied research scale.
• University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine: Smaller public medical school serving an adjacent Mountain West state with comparable rural-health mission and GME portfolio; a closer-size peer than the top-10 schools.

Broad incumbents

• Stanford University School of Medicine: Elite private medical school with strong research, GME, and CME programs; a relevant incumbent peer for benchmarking brand, research output, and continuing education reach.
• Harvard Medical School: Top-tier private medical school offering MD, GME, and extensive research programs; serves as the gold-standard benchmark for US News rankings and biomedical research scale that Utah's medical school is positioned against.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

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