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July 23, 2024 - A multidisciplinary team led by primary investigators Nabeel Hamzeh, MD and Karin Hoth, PhD has earned a two-year, $575,000 grant from the Ann Theodore Foundation to study cognitive dysfunction in people with sarcoidosis. Co-investigators are Jacob Simmering, PhD, Vincent Magnotta, PhD.
July 23, 2024 - Elissa Faro, PhD, assistant professor in General Internal Medicine, leads a 5-year, $3.79M R01 project funded by the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) aims to improve maternal mental health care through a combination of innovative methods with a foundation in social justice focused on centering the experiences of birthing people, families, and front-line professionals.
June 7, 2024 - Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) has awarded Samuel Stephens, PhD, associate professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, a three-year research grant totaling up to $750,000 for the project, Role of β-cell Golgi dysfunction in Type 1 diabetes pathogenesis.
June 6, 2024 - After a national search, Upinder Singh, MD, has been selected to serve as chair and department executive officer of the Department of Internal Medicine.
May 22, 2024 - Manasa Nayak, PhD, research assistant professor in Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, was a finalist for the American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) Kenneth M. Brinkhous Early Career Investigator Prize in Thrombosis.
April 16, 2024 - Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Christopher Strouse, MD, received the 2023 Donald D. Dorfman Award for lymphoma research in the amount of $25,000 for his authorship of Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life of Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Patients and Nontransplant Patients With Aggressive Lymphoma: A Prospective Cohort Analysis.
April 10, 2024 - University of Iowa Health Care welcomed four new medical directors this month who will serve as clinical team leaders and be responsible for aligning their area with hospital initiatives.
March 13, 2024 - Loreen Herwaldt, MD, will lead a team of researchers in a collaborative study funded through a Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) pilot grant. The team will audit the patient experience during the breast cancer diagnostic period, from the initial screening mammogram through initial treatment following a positive diagnosis, whether treatment is surgery or chemotherapy.
February 22, 2024 - Steven Mickelsen, MD, an assistant professor in the Carver College of Medicine, founded Farapulse, Inc. in 2012 to further expand his novel approaches to treating Afib.
January 26, 2024 - Next week when Mercy Iowa City officially merges with UI Health Care, it will be a sort of homecoming for both Craig Champion, MD, and John Kelley, MD, two internal medicine clinicians. The pair have been a part of Mercy Iowa City since their practice—Towncrest Internal Medicine—was acquired in 2015.