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We are proud to announce that Georgina Aldridge and Johnson Zhang competitively won NINDS R25 funding for their research projects during residency. This program integrates research into neurology residency to launch the careers of physician-scientists. Dr. Aldridge and Zhang are part of the...
Several members of the Comprehensive Stroke Center attended the 2017 International Stroke Conference to present their work. Below are some pictures of the event.
The title of the paper is "Substance Abuse may Hasten Motor Onset of Huntington Disease: Evaluating the Enroll-HD Database." and a short can be viewed here: http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2017/02/01/WNL.0000000000003661.s... The publication was co-authored with significant contributions...
The January 19th issue of Neuron includes a review written by Assistant Professor Jan R. Wessel, Ph.D. (together with Dr. Adam Aron of the University of California, San Diego) on the effects of surprising events on behavior and cognition. The review is published as a free featured perspective...
Please see the article here: https://now.uiowa.edu/2016/12/timing-may-be-key-understanding-cognitive-...
Dr. Adams was also recently the recipient of the A.B. Baker Lifetime Achievement Award from the AAN.
Jan Wessel, PhD , was awarded this year's Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychophysiology, which is given out following peer nomination by the Society for Psychophysiological Research . Congratulations Dr. Wessel! An engraved plaque is awarded to the recipient.
Joel Geerling, MD, PhD joined us September 30 as a full-time Assistant Professor. Dr. Geerling comes to us from Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA where he was a postdoctoral research fellow and staff neurologist. Dr. Geerling will be a member of the Aging...
Hello from the Neurology Department at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. We just wanted to let everyone know about the Leon Evans Cruise-In car show that helps raise money for the UI Foundation Epilepsy Research Program. We thought you might also enjoy hearing how this event got...