Effective today (July 1), the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry has a new name: the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

A second round of research pilot grants have been awarded to University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine investigators as part of a COVID-19 research program funded by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.

Nearly 700 people joined the virtual presentation of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine’s Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecture with David Skorton, MD, on Sept. 21.

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is a partnering expert in the launch of a new pre-K-12 school mental health center. The Iowa Center for School Mental Health will be housed in the UI College of Education.

Each year the Carver College of Medicine announces a request for poems and/or short stories which will be reviewed and judged for publication in a College of Medicine anthology of creative writing works.

Initiatives approved for Year 1 funding support Iowa’s strategic priorities

James Choi, MD, assistant dean of student affairs and curriculum and associate professor of anesthesia, grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Iowa City with his family when he was fourteen years old. Upon coming to the United States, it was suggested that Choi repeat a year of school because his English was not good enough.

Stanley Perlman, professor of microbiology and immunology and Mark Stinski Chair in Virology, and Michelle Scherer, professor of civil and environmental engineering and Donald E. Bently Professor of Engineering, have been named recipients of the 2021 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair. Although already honored with endowed positions, both will relinquish these positions to accept the University Distinguished Chair.

Anuradha Gore shares the diverse ethnicities within the AAPI community and learning about and appreciating the different backgrounds and experiences everyone has. Gore is a first-year medical student and co-president of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) chapter at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Harold Adams, MD, professor emeritus of neurology, shared seven ways to reduce your chance of having a stroke.