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Martinez and Lee honored with Diversity Catalyst Award

Monday, April 17, 2017
Experiences that Denise Martinez, MD, and Amy Lee, PhD, had growing up left lasting impressions and sparked strong personal commitments to improving diversity and inclusion in their workplaces and communities.

UI clinician spearheading promising melanoma immunotherapy treatment

Monday, April 17, 2017
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Yousef Zakharia, MD, has presented promising data at a national meeting about combining a new investigational immunotherapy drug with an FDA-approved immunotherapy drug to treat patients with advanced melanoma.

High-dose vitamin C proves safe and well-tolerated in brain and lung cancer trials

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Evidence is growing that adding high-dose, intravenous vitamin C in combination with standard chemotherapy and radiation treatment is a safe, relatively inexpensive approach that may improve outcomes for patients with a wide range of cancers.

UI undergrads tackle pressing health problems

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Heart disease. Diabetes. Alzheimer’s. Most people reading this know someone affected by one of these serious medical conditions. They take a huge toll on populations across the globe, leading to millions of deaths each year and billions of dollars in health care costs.

Faculty Focus: Janet Andrews, MD

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Meet Janet Andrews, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology - maternal/fetal medicine.

Faculty Focus: Ling Yang, PhD

Monday, March 27, 2017
Meet Ling Yang, PhD, assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology.
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UI Carver College of Medicine graduates find out where they’re going next

Friday, March 17, 2017
Medical students graduating from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine gathered in the atrium of the college’s Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF) this morning, filled with anticipation as they waited to see where they would spend their residency.

Faculty Focus: Huxing Cui, PhD

Monday, March 6, 2017
Meet Huxing Cui, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology.