University of Iowa is participating in a large-scale, international clinical trial to study the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, and efficacy of vaccines against COVID-19.
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Antentor Hinton, PhD, was recently recognized by the blacklist100, created to amplify emerging voices within the Black community that represent bold, innovative, and culture-making thought-leadership.
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host the third annual Carver Black and Gold Mile Run from 8 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the university’s Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track, 105 1st Ave. in Coralville.
Steven Varga, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology in the UI Carver College of Medicine, has been selected to serve as chair of the Virology B Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health.
Nolan Ford spent much of his childhood at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital watching his sister fight cancer. The experience motivated him to pursue a medical career.
The Carver College of Medicine will hold its 26th annual White Coat Ceremony at 3 p.m. Aug. 14 for first-year students beginning their medical education at Iowa.
Drs. Ferguson and Hock received a prestigious Innovation Grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) as part of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Program.
New research has identified the specific brain cells that control how much sugar you eat and how much you crave sweet tasting food.
The list commemorates some of the more established scientists, rising stars, and lesser-known scientists across many scientific fields.
Until there are effective treatments or vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic will remain a significant threat to public health and economies around the world. A major hurdle to developing and testing new anti-viral therapies and vaccines for COVID-19 is the lack of good, widely available animal models of the disease.