John Buckner is a first-year physician assistant student in the Class of 2024. He shares his thoughts on what led him to the PA profession and what has helped him frame his goals for the future.

Investigators for the selected projects receive $100,000 in funding from the Office of Health Parity and the Office of the Vice President of Medical Affairs.

Hailey Zillig of Dubuque, Iowa, graduated from the UI Carver College of Medicine with a Master of Clinical Nutrition in May 2023. Learn a little about Hailey, her path to nutrition science, and what she'll do next.

Meet Sofiya Pisarenka, a student of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Biomedical Science Program in Molecular Medicine from Minsk, Belarus.

UI team contributes uric acid treatment as winning approach for improving stroke therapy within the the Stroke Pre-Clinical Assessment Network (SPAN) study.

We are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Graduate Medical Education Awards, which were presented at the 16th annual GME Leadership Symposium on May 12. Eleven individuals—program directors, program coordinators, faculty, and interprofessional colleagues—were honored for the contributions they make to graduate medical education with University of Iowa Health Care.

Denise J. Jamieson, the James Robert McCord Professor and Chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. She will begin Aug. 1.

Designation highlighted during department’s 85th anniversary symposium

Meet Misty Perez, a student of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Biomedical Science Program in Molecular Medicine from Whittier, California.

New seven-year, $30 million Clinical and Translational Science Award grant is the fourth renewal of this project, which was first funded in 2007.