Until there are effective treatments or vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic will remain a significant threat to public health and economies around the world. A major hurdle to developing and testing new anti-viral therapies and vaccines for COVID-19 is the lack of good, widely available animal models of the disease.

Marlan Hansen, MD, FACS, has been named chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Hansen’s appointment is effective July 1, pending approval from the Board of Regents, State of Iowa.

Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD, physician and professor of microbiology and immunology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, has been appointed to the Mark Stinski Chair in Virology.

A message from Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA, University of Iowa Vice President for Medical Affairs & the Tyrone D. Artz Dean, Carver College of Medicine

We are deeply saddened by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, another appalling tragedy in a series of too many in which African...

Three University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine faculty and staff have received gap funding for innovative translational research projects that potentially could lead to new, commercially viable medical devices or technologies.

We are pleased to announce the inaugural nomination and award recipients for the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards for resident and fellow physicians. Nominations were received for a total of 28 residents and fellows from medical students, peer residents/fellows and faculty.

These...

Hometown : North Hollywood, California Residency Match : Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Specialty : Internal Medicine

How did you choose your specialty?

After finishing my core year, I knew that internal medicine was a specialty that left a lasting impression on me. The connections...

Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa Residency Match: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology

How did you choose your specialty?

I have always admired the long-term relationships that primary care physicians form with their patients. During medical school,...

Tyler Abarca from Tooele, Utah is headed for his residency specializing in Anesthesiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Tammera Flores from Hacienda Heights, California is headed to University of Nevada Las Vegas to specialize in Internal Medicine.