Distinguished Alumnus John Cambier received his PhD from the University of Iowa Department of Microbiology in 1975, working in the lab of John Butler, PhD. He went on to have a distinguished career in research, service, teaching, and leadership.
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Rodney Berry joins the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine physician assistant program in Fall 2022.
Gene therapy was able to repair severely damaged muscle and significantly improved the survival of mice with a particular type of muscular dystrophy, according to a recent study from University of Iowa researchers.
Using techniques borrowed from the culinary arts to control dosage and delivery, a new study by a team of scientists from MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, University of Iowa, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center demonstrates carbon monoxide-containing materials as a safe and effective therapy for inflammatory diseases.
One in five pregnant women face food insecurity. Upstream Initiative, a student-run program in a high-risk pregnancy clinic at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, aims to improve health outcomes by addressing the issue head-on.
In a study recently published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, researchers analyzed the medical records of over 25,000 adult women attending primary care clinics at University of Iowa Health Care and found that at least 32% had at least one pelvic floor disorder (PFD) diagnosis.
Two UI Carver College of Medicine faculty were appointed to endowed professorships at an investiture ceremony June 16 in the Medical Education and Research Facility.
The University of Iowa LGBTQ+ Group provides a space for LGBTQ+ employees of UI Health Care to network both professionally and socially. They will be hosting a booth at Iowa City Pride on June 18, 2022.
Mapping the brain lesions that led multiple patients, once heavy smokers, to abruptly quit has revealed a brain network associated with addiction. The new study, which involved UI researchers Aaron Boes, MD, PhD, and Joel Bruss, suggests that targeting this circuitry with neuromodulation therapies, like transcranial magnetic stimulation or deep brain stimulation, may have potential for treating addiction.
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine investigators have received research pilot grants as part of a COVID-19 research program funded by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.