By studying the sick hearts removed from four patients undergoing heart transplants, researchers have identified a protein and a signaling pathway that may contribute to sudden death in an inherited form of heart disease.

Where an extremely preterm infant is born and how the infant is cared for play a major role in how well that infant does, according to researchers from University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Get to know Jinha Park, MD, PhD, clinical associate professor of radiology – division of body imaging.

Get to know Lane Strathearn, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, professor of pediatrics–developmental and behavioral pediatrics.

Get to know Polly Ferguson, MD, professor of pediatrics.

Get to know Stephanie Chen, MD, clinical assistant professor of pathology.

Laura Stephens was drawn to Iowa for graduate school because of the collaboration that happens across campus. She loves it here because she gets to work with so many talented people, plus the many opportunities for learning and fun she has in Iowa City.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor 49 of its faculty as the college’s inaugural group of Impact Scholars—researchers who have made a major scientific impact over the course of their careers.

Peter Snyder, MD, has been named associate dean for faculty affairs and development in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective March 1.

United States Navy Capt. Jeffrey D. Quinlan, MD, FAAFP, has been named chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Family Medicine in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.