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Body Donor Staff

Heath Holverson

J. Heath Holverson

Body Donor Program Manager

Heath works in conjunction with the Body Donor Program staff, procedures, prepares, and distributes human anatomic material to educational and research entities in the Intermountain West.  Interacts with and disseminates information to potential and at-need body donors and their families.  Promotes body donation to the public, professional groups, and various media outlets and balances the supply of donors with client demand.  Attends tot he cremation of an proper disposition of human cremains.  Maintains records and supervises program staff, lab staff, and contracted service providers.  Orders and maintains operational supplies and equipment and attends to the proper payment of vendors.  Monitors the program budget and preserves the program's financial viability.

heath@neuro.utah.edu

801-585-9536

Blake Yates

Blake Yates

Body Donor Assistant Manager

Blake works in conjunction with the Body Donor Program staff in procuring, preparing, and distributing human anatomical material for education, training, and research, within the Intermountain West.  He interacts with and disseminates information to potential future donors and the families of at-need donors.  He promotes body donation to the public.  Blake also assists with the disposition of cremated remains, maintaining program records, and accounts receivables.

blake.yates@neuro.utah.edu

801-581-6645

Braden Dunbar

Braden Dunbar

Body Donor Assistant Manager

As part of the Body Donor Program, Braden works with the other Body Donor Program staff in procuring, preparing, and distributing Body Donors for education, research, and training in the Intermountain West. Braden enjoys interacting with and sharing information with potential and at-need body donors and their families. He works with programs to ensure donors are returned in a timely manner so that they can be returned to families or placed in the Donor Plot in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Assists the program director in maintaining operational supplies and equipment, to keep the program running smoothly.

braden@neuro.utah.edu

801-581-6728