University of Utah faculty members Tallie Casucci, Steven Lobell, Paula Woodward, and Anne Kennedy have all authored or co-authored books that were published in 2025. Each author has worked tirelessly to compile their research and concentrate it into text, and the U celebrates every researcher’s effort to share their studies with a broader community.

What is Evidence-Based Practice? An Introduction to EBP

What is Evidence Based Practice? An Introduction to EBP was fully written, edited, and produced by students and faculty at the University of Utah. Edited by University of Utah Undergraduates Emma Day and Elise LeMonnier, along with Marriott Library Associate Librarian Tallie Casucci, the book serves as an introduction to evidence based practice for health professionals and students.

“[This book] started from the University of Utah’s Evidence Based Practice Council education subcommittee’s work to create online learning content,” Casucci shared, “We decided to transition the articles into an open education (OER) book.”

Accessible at no cost to the public, the book serves as an introduction to evidence-based practice for health professionals and students., What is Evidence Based Practice? walks readers through various steps to ask a clinical question, acquire available evidence through a literature review, appraise or evaluate the evidence, and then apply and reassess.

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Understanding Near Crises and Escalation in World Politics: A Mixed Methods Approach

Understanding Near Crises and Escalation in World Politics: A Mixed Methods Approach, co-written by U of U political science professor Steven Lobell investigates how and why some political near-crises escalate, while others do not. The book uses primary sources and newly created data to explore an expanded set of questions about specific cases and general patterns of conflict behavior in world politics.

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Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics

Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics, co-written by Paula Woodward and Anne Kennedy, from the Department of Radiology at the University of Utah. The book provides readers with information on fetal development, disease processes, and imaging techniques and findings, aiding professionals in making informed decisions at the point of care. Diagnostic Imaging serves as an easily accessible, highly visual reference on obstetric and fetal imaging, and it contains the most updated information, covering important new changes in technology and new material and guidelines for healthcare professionals.

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All of these authors have dedicated countless hours of research, collaboration, and work to these books, and the University of Utah celebrates their successful efforts to accumulate their studies into texts that demonstrate and expand the impact that each author has had in their field.

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