How diabetes harms the heart
December 19, 2016 Study in mice reveals heart-damaging pathway triggered by insulin, identifies possible drug targets to prevent or treat heart failure.
Iowa BMT Program Achieves Rare Ranking
December 15, 2016 For the third year in a row, the University of Iowa’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) Adult and Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplant Program has been rated an “outperfomer” by the Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).
Iowa Represents at ASN Kidney Week 2016
December 8, 2016 Several department members participated in last month’s American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Educational Symposia, “Kidney Week 2016,” in Chicago.
Despite elusive cure, AIDS diagnoses decline
November 29, 2016 HIV researcher Jack Stapleton looks back on nearly three decades of clinical work.
Giangrande to Study Potential Chest Trauma Treatments
November 21, 2016 Dr. Paloma Giangrande, Professor of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has been awarded a two-year, $559k grant from the Department of Defense to study potential treatments for certain instances of blunt chest traumas.
Iowa Rheumatologists Bag Record-Breaking Three-peat
November 15, 2016 Sanjeev Patil, Bharat Kumar, and Namrata Singh secured the Knowledge Bowl trophy at this year’s annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology / Association of Rheumatology Professionals in Washington, D.C. for the third time!
Mokadem Connects Sleep and Gastric Bypass Recovery
November 8, 2016 A newly released basic science study of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) by Dr. Mohamad Mokadem, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, suggests that a functioning circadian clock, or sleeping at night and being awake during the day, can help patients achieve a higher amount of weight loss following the surgery.
PBI Convergence Grant Awarded to CF Researchers
November 7, 2016 Dr. Mike Welsh, Dr. Alejandro Pezzulo, and Dr. Lee Joseph receive PBI Convergence Grant.
Abel Inducted into National Academy of Medicine
November 1, 2016 Dr. Dale Abel has been announced as a member of the Class of 2015 of the National Academy of Medicine.
Zabner Inducted to ACCA
October 27, 2016 At the recent meeting of the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA) in Hot Springs, Virginia, Dr. Joseph Zabner, Director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, was inducted as one of its newest members.