Twelve University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine faculty have received pilot grants from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust as part of a new COVID-19 research program.

Rainbo Hultman, PhD named associate director for diversity, equity, inclusion in the Iowa Neuroscience Institute.

New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.

Meghan Connett, MD, clinical assistant professor in family medicine, is the recipient of this year’s individual Culturally Responsive Health Care Award.

Congrats to Michihiko Goto, MD, on receiving a five-year, $731,346 K08 grant to continue his work on antimicrobial stewardship. The study will aid in the development of a more adaptive “smart antibiogram.”

UI Health Care experts are again lending their expertise in clinical research to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial, this time a large, Phase 3 trial for a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax, Inc.