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'My little piece of contribution': Frida Teran named María Cano Martínez Award recipient

Monday, December 13, 2021
Frida Teran receives the 2021 Maria Cano Martinez Service Award. This scholarship was established to promote understanding and the study of Chicanx/Latinx issues by providing funds, annually, for a student who promotes understanding through scholarly activity or working with Chicanx/Latinx organization on campus or in the community.

Ben Walker earns top USMLE Step 1 score and scholarship

Monday, November 22, 2021
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine student Ben Walker has earned the highest score among his classmates on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 exam.

Noah Butler, PhD, appointed to Mark Stinski Professorship in Immunology

Thursday, November 18, 2021
Butler has been appointed to the Mark Stinski Professorship in Immunology. 

New Iowa Center for Neurodegeneration to spur research breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and more

Thursday, November 4, 2021
UI Health Care is establishing the new Iowa Center for Neurodegeneration to improve treatment of neurodegenerative diseases for underserved rural populations in Iowa and beyond.

Cells move by controlling the stiffness of their neighbors

Wednesday, October 27, 2021
New insight on how cells migrate through the body could have implications for developing new ways to slow or prevent the spread of cancer.

Lastascia Coleman selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar

Friday, October 15, 2021
Coleman has been selected to participate in one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) leadership programs.

Iowa AG Office and UI Health Care launch statewide opioid treatment program using settlement funds

Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has signed an agreement with University of Iowa Health Care to develop a comprehensive, statewide opioid treatment program using $3.8 million in settlement funds.

Researchers discover new immune mechanism for antibacterial and antiviral defense

Thursday, October 7, 2021
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with Belgian scientists, have shed light on a new host defense mechanism that targets viruses and intracellular bacterial pathogens.

Microbiology and Immunology faculty awarded ASC seed grant through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Thursday, September 30, 2021
Malloux and Tucker have each been awarded a one-year, $30,000 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.