PA Q&A: Annamarie Dotzler
Meet Annamarie Dotzler, a 2024 graduate of our physician assistant program from Sioux City, Iowa.
Common heart drug may slow progression of Huntington's disease
Dampening abnormal fight or flight reflex may delay HD onset and reduces symptom worsening
PA Q&A: Tyler Wood
Meet Tyler Wood, a 2024 graduate of our physician assistant program from Fallon, Nevada.
Carver College of Medicine to purchase Cryo-EM instrument
Q&A with Radiation Sciences alumna Samantha Nguyen
In addition to graduate programs in medicine, physician assistant studies, and biomedical sciences, the UI Carver College of Medicine offers undergraduate degrees in radiation sciences and nuclear medicine technology. We chatted with Samantha Nguyen, a first-generation student who earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Radiation Sciences at the University of Iowa, about her career path and what her day-to-day looks like now.
The meaning of service
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine’s Service Distinction Track deepens students’ engagement with the heart of the medical profession and shows them what it takes to make a real difference.
2024 UI Physicians Clinical Awards winners
The winners of the 2024 University of Iowa Physicians (UIP) Clinical Awards were presented at a special ceremony held online and at the Urmila Sahai Auditorium in MERF.
Rounding@IOWA episode 73: How far can you swim upstream?
Practical solutions to addressing social determinants of health in the ambulatory care setting. Listen in your browser or podcast app of choice; continuing medical education credit available.
Huntington’s disease gene also enhances early brain development and intelligence
The genetic mutation that causes Huntington’s disease, a devastating brain disease that disrupts mobility and diminishes cognitive ability, may also enhance early brain development and play a role in promoting human intelligence. “The finding suggests that early in life, the gene mutation is actually beneficial to brain development, but that early benefit later becomes a liability,” says Peg Nopoulos, MD, professor and head of psychiatry at the UI Carver College of Medicine.