Using gene therapy to deliver a piece an important heart protein protects mouse hearts from stress induced heart failure even when the gene therapy is delivered after the onset of heart failure. The new finding, published in etc journal Circulation Research, suggests that gene therapy targeting this mechanism, may have potential as a new therapy for treating heart failure.

An investiture ceremony honoring three Carver College of Medicine faculty appointed to chairs endowed by the Fraternal Order of Eagles will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the Prem Sahai Auditorium.

Two University of Iowa faculty members have been awarded Williams-Cannon Faculty Fellowships through the Iowa Neuroscience Institute. Alejandro Pezzulo, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine, and Michelle Voss, PhD, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, will each receive $45,000 in research funding.

Nick Lind is graduating with an MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2022. Hometown: Fort Dodge, IA Matched: Emergency Medicine

Steven Leary is graduating with an MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2022. Hometown: Trabuco Canyon, CA Matched: Orthopedic surgery

Kyle Grover is graduating with an MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2022. Hometown: Dyersville, IA Matched: Family medicine

UI Health Care participation in vaccine clinical trial testing variant-targeting booster shots.

Erica Henderson is graduating with an MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2022. Hometown: Muscatine, IA Matched: Obstetrics and gynecology