Carver College of Medicine

Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to save thousands of additional lives when used in people with higher levels of LDL cholesterol, or “bad” cholesterol, according to a new study from the UI, Iowa Now reports.

University of Iowa research indicates newly identified stem cells may hold key to regenerative therapies for lung disease.

Sarcoma patients treated at high-volume medical centers may have higher survival rates than those treated at low-volume centers, according to a new analysis of cancer-treatment data by a team of University of Iowa researchers led by Ben Miller, MD, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation.

University of Iowa researchers, led by Daniel Tranel, professor of Neurology, show evidence that damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex may lead to inconsistency between one's thoughts and actions in real-world decision-making, such as choosing spouses or houses.

Each year, UI Carver College of Medicine physicians travel outside the United States to provide care in a host of educational and clinical settings, and in the past several years, more of their students and trainees are joining them.

University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced April 3 that the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science will receive a $21 million renewal of a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, will receive this year’s coveted Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award given by the international Arnold P. Gold Foundation to one faculty member and student at the nation’s select medical schools. This year’s student award winner for the UI Carver College of Medicine is senior Aaron Lacy.

Students from UI Carver College of Medicine are once again sponsoring the Doc Dash 5K Run and Walk April 7, aiming to raise more than $18,000 for the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic and the UI Mobile Clinic.

Researchers with the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the UI College of Engineering built an orthopedic surgery simulator to improve medical training of doctors completing their residency and to measure the surgical expertise of later-career surgeons.

Carver College of Medicine was ranked nationally for both its research and primary care missions—number 21 in primary care and number 32 in research. The research ranking is an improvement from the 2018 ranking of number 35.