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Environmental photo of Qiang (Johnson) Zhang, MD.

Old drug, news tricks: prostate drug could be useful in Alzheimer’s disease

Monday, August 10, 2026

Jennifer Brown

https://neurology.medicine.uiowa.edu/news/2026/08/old-drug-news-tricks-prostate-drug-could-be-useful-alzheimers-disease

Targeting metabolic energy production may lead to new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases

UI Postdoctoral Association holds inaugural conference

Monday, August 10, 2026

https://uipda.grad.uiowa.edu/news/2026/08/uipda-inaugural-conference-tradition-making

The Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Conference brought together postdoctoral scholars from across disciplines to showcase their research, exchange ideas, and strengthen the postdoctoral community at Iowa.

UI neuroscientists reveal breathing rhythm organizes widespread human brain activity

Monday, August 10, 2026

Jennifer Brown

https://neurosurgery.medicine.uiowa.edu/news/2026/08/ui-neuroscientists-reveal-breathing-rhythm-organizes-widespread-human-brain-activity

Findings have implications for sleep-related sudden death disorders, and emotional and cognitive health

Yu served as a voting medical student delegate for Iowa at the House of Delegates at the AMA Annual Meeting in 2026.

A voice for future physicians

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Celine Robins

https://md.medicine.uiowa.edu/news/2026/07/voice-future-physicians

Katherine Yu didn’t expect to find herself helping shape national health policy when she started medical school. Getting involved in organized medicine as a first-year med student changed the trajectory of her education, career goals — and her perspective.