2023 Carver College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony Guide
Graduates of the Carver College of Medicine and their families and friends are invited to the college’s spring 2023 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12.
Meet Kyle Grover
Kyle Grover is graduating with an MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2022. Hometown: Dyersville, IA Matched: Family medicine
Iowa Neuroscience Institute awards $2.4 million to Research Programs of Excellence
The Iowa Neuroscience Institute has awarded a total of $2.4 million to four research teams to carry out Research Programs of Excellence over the next three years. Funded by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust , the research ranges from fundamental...
Spring 2022 Carver Trust pilot grants fund further COVID-19 studies
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine investigators have received research pilot grants as part of a COVID-19 research program funded by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.
University of Iowa participating in vaccine clinical trial evaluating second COVID-19 booster shots in adults
UI Health Care participation in vaccine clinical trial testing variant-targeting booster shots.
Meet Erica Henderson
Erica Henderson is graduating with an MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2022. Hometown: Muscatine, IA Matched: Obstetrics and gynecology
Meet Madeline Cusimano
Madeline Cusimano is graduating with a medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2022. Hometown: Des Moines, IA Matched: Psychiatry
Inaugural cohort of Stead Family Scholars named
The University of Iowa Stead Family Scholars Program's goal is to recognize and advance the development of outstanding early-career investigators. The 2022 Scholars are Drs. Mary Weber, Jennifer Bermick, Ling Yang, Lilliana Radoshevich, and Munir Tanas.
Drug protects older mice from worst effects of COVID-19
A drug that blocks age-related immune dysfunction effectively protects older mice from dying of severe COVID-19 and may have potential as a therapy to protect older people from COVID-19.
UI neuroscientists identify mechanism for long term memory storage
UI team shows that protein folding is essential for long term memory storage. This finding is a first step in understanding what goes wrong in memory disorders like Alzheimers and dementia.