Iowa is facing a critical shortage of mental health care providers in rural communities. New rotation sites across Iowa provide resident physicians training in psychiatry with opportunities to experience mental health care in critical access settings.

Changes reflect UI Health Care's evolution as an integrated health system focused on increasing access to care for all Iowans

The specialized neurosurgical expertise of University of Iowa physician-scientists and the generous contributions of UI Health Care neurosurgery patients who volunteer to participate in research were instrumental to new findings that reveal the sequence of brain activity involved when people evaluate risk and reward during decision-making. The study, conducted by researchers at Caltech in collaboration with the UI neurosurgery Human Brain Research Laboratory team members, reveals how neural activity within the brain enables humans to first estimate reward probabilities and then use this information to make a risk versus reward calculation when making an economic decision.

Clinician-researcher examines neurostimulation therapies to treat brain disorders.

Legacy of imaging technology advancements helps unlock new treatment options

Iowa research pinpoints area in the brain’s amygdala as cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

After a national search, Christian Pettker, MD, has been selected to serve as chair and department executive officer of the OBGYN department