Faculty Focus: Kimberly Hart, PhD
Meet Kimberly Hart, PhD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry.
Faculty Focus: Elaine Himadi, MD
Meet Elaine Himadi, MD, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine and psychiatry, and director of emergency psychiatry services.
From New York to Iowa for a Brighter Future
Summer Health Professions Education Program at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine assists underrepresented students in designing future careers in health care.
Heart and passion are driving forces behind the careers of many health professionals, and that is especially...
Abel named chair and DEO of Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Ted Abel, PhD, has been named chair and departmental executive officer of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology.
CCOM students swarm Cretzmeyer Track for 2nd annual Carver Black and Gold Mile Run
Over 200 University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine students showed up at the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track Sept. 15, for the second annual Carver Black and Gold Mile Run.
Study suggests new metabolic target for liver cancer
Disrupting a metabolic pathway in the liver in a way that creates a more “cancer-like” metabolism actually reduces tumor formation in a mouse model of liver cancer. That's the surprising and potentially useful finding from a...
Willour receives suicide prevention grant
Virginia Willour, PhD, UI associate professor of psychiatry and a member of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, has received a $1,488,788 grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), to investigate the biological basis of suicidal behavior.
Basic research and big data combine to identify potential new use for prostate drug in treating Parkinson’s disease
A drug used to treat enlarged prostate may also be able to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
CF research program extended with grant renewal
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation awarded a $2.4 million grant to a University of Iowa research team to continue its participation in a national network of research centers bringing multidisciplinary expertise to the challenges of treating cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease.
Five Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty appointed to leadership roles
To support the continued growth of University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, five faculty members who have helped to foster that growth have been appointed to leadership positions.
The appointments, announced by...