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Faculty Focus: Thomas Gellhaus, MD

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Get to know Thomas Gellhaus, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology.

UI researchers investigate aspirin’s role in preventing intracranial aneurysm rupture

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Aspirin may help prevent intracranial aneurysm rupture by decreasing the rate of aneurysm growth, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery by a team that includes nine University of Iowa researchers.

Medical student reflects on his time as a volunteer

Monday, December 16, 2019
Medical student Kenten Kingsbury’s time as a volunteer throughout University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics confirmed his passion for medicine and goal of pursuing medical school.

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center awards ACS seed grants

Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Two early-career University of Iowa scientists have each been awarded a one-year, $30,000 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Engelhardt named 2019 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Thursday, December 5, 2019
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named University of Iowa cystic fibrosis and gene therapy researcher John Engelhardt, PhD, a 2019 Fellow.
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Meet Mackenzie Spicer

Thursday, December 5, 2019
Get to know current graduate student Mackenzie Spicer.

Three University of Iowa faculty members named IEEE Fellows

Thursday, December 5, 2019
Faculty members from the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering and the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have been named IEEE Fellows, the highest grade of IEEE membership recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.

UI neuroscientists receive major grant to continue work on Huntington’s disease (HD)

Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Peg Nopoulos, MD, chair of psychiatry and professor of psychiatry, neurology, and pediatrics in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, has received a five-year, $18 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to continue and expand a decade-long study on brain development in children at risk for developing Huntington’s Disease (HD).

Map of protein modification sites may reveal antimicrobial targets

Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Using a new approach, researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology in Belgium, are investigating a poorly understood mechanism used by the immune system to fight infections.

Bishop named 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Tuesday, November 26, 2019
University of Iowa professor Gail Bishop has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.