Kamal Rahmouni, PhD, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, was selected to deliver the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture at the American Heart Association meeting on hypertension last month in Boston.

UI study finds amygdala region linked to persistent loss of breathing after seizure.

Treatments for emotionally tolling hair loss disorders have been limited; research is driving a new era of interventions.

The Carver Rural Iowa Scholars Program is preparing doctors to serve the smaller-size communities where they are needed most, closing health care gaps in Iowa.

A student-led study highlights faculty role-modeling in building a compassionate health care workforce.

Women’s Health Tissue Repository sheds light on high-risk pregnancies.

A pediatrics researcher is probing the immune system’s role in long-term brain deficits.

Anil Sood’s pioneering contributions to basic and translational cancer research began when he showed that short fragments of RNA can be harnessed to shut down dysfunctional cell processes. This finding opened the door to a new approach to targeted therapies, some of which are now FDA-approved. He is an internationally recognized expert on ovarian cancers, and he has led MD Anderson Cancer Center’s ambitious Moon Shots Program for ovarian cancer research since its inception in 2012. With extensive funding from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Defense, among others, Sood has produced hundreds of peer-reviewed publications over the course of his career.