Finding could help predict risk for sudden unexpected death due to epilepsy (SUDEP).

Approximately 150 fourth-year medical students at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will learn where they’ll be going for their residency training.

Where an extremely preterm infant is born and how the infant is cared for play a major role in how well that infant does, according to researchers from University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

By studying the sick hearts removed from four patients undergoing heart transplants, researchers have identified a protein and a signaling pathway that may contribute to sudden death in an inherited form of heart disease.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor 49 of its faculty as the college’s inaugural group of Impact Scholars—researchers who have made a major scientific impact over the course of their careers.

Laura Stephens was drawn to Iowa for graduate school because of the collaboration that happens across campus. She loves it here because she gets to work with so many talented people, plus the many opportunities for learning and fun she has in Iowa City.

Peter Snyder, MD, has been named associate dean for faculty affairs and development in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective March 1.