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.
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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.
December 13, 2023 - Rheumatologist Aleksander Lenert, MD, MS, FRCPC, recently received a five-year, mentored, and patient-oriented K23 research career development award in the amount of $837,000 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) entitled, “Investigating Disease Activity, Bone Damage and Interleukin-1 Genes in Adult SAPHO Syndrome and Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis.”
November 32, 2023 - Santosh Kumar, PhD, assistant professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, was awarded a two-year, $110,000 pilot grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) to research endothelial function in relation to the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.
November 21, 2023 - Keeli Frerichs was a star soccer player and avid exerciser until a heart condition sidelined her. The path back to an active lifestyle brought the St. Ambrose student to UI Hospitals & Clinics, home to one of the few experts in the nation who perform a new procedure to treat the condition.
September 13, 2023 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the University of Iowa as one of four academic medical centers to represent the Midwest in the Heartland Consortium as part of their All of Us Research Program. Alejandro Comellas, MD and Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD will lead the UI's participation.
August 10, 2023 - The Carver College of Medicine recognized Joseph Zabner, MD, with the 2023 Daryl and Nancy Granner Distinguished Mentor Award.