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July Events

UI Optical Summer Sale

Monday, July 1, 2019

Through the month of July, take advantage of our UI Optical special - 20% off eyewear, including frames and lenses; excludes readers. Stop in one of our two locations: Pomerantz Family Pavilion (UIHC) Elevator L, Level 2 319-384-9922 Iowa River Landing (Coralville) Level 2 319-467-2125

FUTURE Midsummer Research Talks, Part II

Monday, July 1, 2019, 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Interested in pursuing a teaching career in a biomedical field?  Come meet the current FUTURE in Biomedicine Program Fellows, see the research they pursue, and hear how they combine their academic responsibilities.    Fellows: Brittney Dinkel, PhD, Buena Vista University Charvann Bailey, PhD, Grinnell College Alisa Drapeaux, MPT, Drake University Sponsored by the FUTURE in Biomedicine Program

Iowa Laminopathy Network - Uniting Research & Education

Monday, July 8, 2019, 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Interested in both research and education?  Come meet former FUTURE in Biomedicine Program Fellows and learn how they unite research and education with the Iowa Laminopathy Network.   ...

Hardin Open Workshops - Endnote Collaboration

Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 10:00am to 11:00am

For those already using Endnote, this class teaches you to maximize the tool. You’ll learn about the Endnote options for sharing so that you can collaborate effectively. From exporting and importing to syncing and sharing, this class will help you manage your information seamlessly on the desktop, on the web, and on mobile device.

TriNetX Training

Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

TriNetX training This training will provide an in depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Registration Register here

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

REDCap Training

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 11:00am to 12:30pm

REDCap Basic Hands-On Training This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap. Registration Registration is required and limited to 8 people for each REDCap Training session.  Register here.

Topics in Human Genetics Summer Course

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 12:00pm

The objective of the course is to provide persons familiar with genetics a broad overview of gene identification, molecular genetics, complex disease, next generation sequencing, bioinformatics, and the role of personalized genomic medicine in medical care in the 21st century.  Each session will include a 45 minute lecture and 15 minutes for discussion and questions.   ...

Hardin Open Workshops - Embase

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics.

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Thursday, July 11, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Hardin Open Workshops - Scopus & Web of Science

Thursday, July 11, 2019, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact. This hands-on session will show you...

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, July 11, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aspects. Dr. Kamonpun Ussavarungsi

Farewell Celebration Honoring Catherine Musselman

Thursday, July 11, 2019, 3:00pm to 4:30pm

Join Us For A Farewell Celebration Honoring Catherine Musselman  Thursday, July 11 3:00-4:30 PM EMRB Atrium

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Friday, July 12, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Read on the Rug

Friday, July 12, 2019, 10:00am to 10:30am

Bring your toddler to enjoy a story and related activities at the Museum of Natural History! Approximately 30 minutes of guided learning (story, poems/songs, craft) that leads to free exploration of the museum is the perfect way to start your Friday with your littles. And all before naptime! Read on the Rug is recommended for ages 2-4 along with their parent or guardian....

International Environmental Lung Disease Symposium

Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:00pm to Saturday, July 13, 2019, 2:35pm

Objectives...

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Saturday, July 13, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Sunday, July 14, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Monday, July 15, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Deadline - DEO notifies faculty for need of Promotion & Tenure dossier

Monday, July 15, 2019, 11:59am to Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 11:59am

Deadline - DEO notifies faculty for need of Promotion & Tenure dossier

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Adam Rauckhorst, PhD

Monday, July 15, 2019, 1:00pm to 1:30pm

Adam Rauckhorst, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biochemistry Taylor Lab FOEDRC | Carver College of Medicine  University of Iowa Presentation:  Hypoxic stress reveals intrinsic non-canonical metabolomic network structures

Explore Careers Rooted in Fields of Basic Science: Research, Teaching & Publishing

Monday, July 15, 2019, 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Learn about careers rooted in fields of basic science - research, teaching and publishing.  Panel members: Keith Bryan, PhD Research Scientist, Integrated DNA Technology Lokesh Gakhar, PhD Director, Protein & Crystallography Facility Adjunct Associate Professor of Biochemistry Rebecca Laird, PhD Chemistry Lecturer University of Iowa Sponsored by the FUTURE in Biomedicine Program

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 11:00am to 12:00pm

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

Future of Personalized Genomic Medicine: Applying to Genetic Counseling Graduate Programs

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics is hosting an informational event on the Future of Personalized Genomic Medicine: Applying to Genetic Counseling Graduate Programs on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. During this event, a panel of genetic counselors from around the state will speak about their experience applying to genetic counseling training programs, their daily activities, as well as their role in personalized genomic medicine. Over 15 genetic counselors from across the state of Iowa, plus our...

TriNetX Analytics Training

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

TriNetX analytics training...

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

REDCap Training

Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 11:00am to 11:30am

REDCap advanced-2 training This course assumes participants have a basic understanding of building instruments and surveys in REDCap. This training will cover the longitudinal module and using smart variables to create more dynamic and context specific logic.  After this training you will have knowledge of advanced options for the longitudinal module and using smart variables. Registration Registration is required and limited to 8 people for each REDCap Training session.  Register here.

Topics in Human Genetics Summer Course

Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 12:00pm

The objective of the course is to provide persons familiar with genetics a broad overview of gene identification, molecular genetics, complex disease, next generation sequencing, bioinformatics, and the role of personalized genomic medicine in medical care in the 21st century.  Each session will include a 45 minute lecture and 15 minutes for discussion and questions.   ...

Hardin Open Workshops - NIH Public Access, Open Access, Authors’ Rights, and Other Trends in Publishing

Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

The NIH Public Access Policy, which assures that all articles arising from NIH-sponsored research are freely available within a year after publication, is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to changes in the scholarly publishing. Participants will learn more about these trends and to discuss experiences with publishing.

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Thursday, July 18, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, July 18, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

CPC: Amyloidosis: Diagnostic challenges and Recent Advances Drs. Jethava, Stauffer and Hammoud

Concussion and safe return to play: What parents and student athletes need to know

Thursday, July 18, 2019, 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Join UI Health Care Sports Medicine experts for a conversation about what parents and student athletes need to know about concussion and safe return to play. Experts will share information regarding diagnosing and treating concussion and getting athletes back into the game safely....

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Friday, July 19, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Mornings @ The Museum

Friday, July 19, 2019, 10:00am to 11:00am

Connect (or reconnect) with your sense of wonder at the Museum of Natural History this summer. A free, drop-in welcome, fam-friendly, summer-fun program designed with elementary and jr. high students in mind, but suitable for all-ages! We know summers are long when your kiddos aren't in school–we've got your back, parents! Mornings @ The Museum are a perfect way to keep busy (with the TV off), learn cool stuff, and stay cool! Each event will feature a different theme with an activity....

Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar

Friday, July 19, 2019, 2:00pm

Anatomy & Cell Biology Friday Seminar Anatomy & Cell Biology Friday Seminar, Leah Biggs, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher of  HiLIFE Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki will be presenting, “Toward building an in vitro model of the hair follicle stem cell niche.”

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Saturday, July 20, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Sunday, July 21, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course

Monday, July 22, 2019

The NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course (CTMC) is accepting applications for the 2019 cohort. The goal of CTMC is to help investigators develop scientifically rigorous, yet practical clinical trial protocols. The focus is on investigators who have not previously designed their own prospective, interventional clinical trials. ...

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Monday, July 22, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Nephrology Hypertension Conference

Monday, July 22, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Presenter: Melissa Swee, MD

Pulmonary Clinical Conference

Monday, July 22, 2019, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

M&M by Shweta Kukrety, MD

Hardin Open Workshops - ORCID: Open Researcher and Contributor ID

Monday, July 22, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

What is ORCID? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications.

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Brandon Davies, PhD

Monday, July 22, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Brandon Davies, PhD Associate Professor  Dept. of Biochemistry | FOEDRC | Carver College of Medicine  University of Iowa Presentation: ANGPTL protiens and the fine-tuning of fat fate  

Endocrine Fellows' Curriculum Lecture Series

Monday, July 22, 2019, 2:30pm to 4:00pm

"Endocrine assays" by Matt Krasowski

Endocrine Clinical Conference

Monday, July 22, 2019, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Presenter: Dr. Schommer

Brainhack

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Join us for a unique professional development experience to tackle data (management/analysis) problems in the field of neuroscience. http://bit.ly/uibrainhack If you collect and/or analyze data related to the brain, you qualify!

Iowa Farm Safety Study

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

You are invited to participate in the “Iowa Farm Safety Study.” If you choose to participate in this paid study, you will be asked to help experts from the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health understand what keeps injuries from occurring on your farm.  ...

Medical Surgical Pulmonary Conference/Lung Cancer Tumor Board

Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 7:00am to 8:00am

Blood Club

Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 8:00am to 9:00am