New research finds access to pain relief during labor may vary in the United States depending on where you live.

In its 2019 rankings of “Best Employers for Diversity,” Forbes ranked UI Health Care No. 24 overall among 500 large employers nationwide and No. 2 in its Healthcare & Social category.

A leader in medical research and higher education, Raynard S. Kington, MD, president of Grinnell College, will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Lecture at noon Wednesday, Jan. 23 in the Prem Sahai Auditorium, Room 1110 in the Medical Education Research Facility.

Get to know current PhD student Chandra Maharjan and why he decided to come to the University of Iowa.

Get to know Internal Medicine resident Alissa Kauffman, MD, and why she decided to continue her medical education at the University of Iowa.

“We asked our current and past patients for their input, and their generous feedback allowed us to create this beautiful new unit that we can truly call patient-centered,” says Margarita Magalhaes-Silverman, MD, director of the UI Blood and Marrow Transplant Program.

Matt Howard, MD, began developing medical devices as a medical student and is the inventor on 34 issued university-owned U.S. patients. His inventions range from brain and spinal cord neuromodulation implants to treat conditions such as tinnitus, obesity, and chronic pain, to surgical tools and implants that help make surgeries safer and easier to perform.

Michigan might be Samantha Sparrow’s home state, but Iowa has become her new favorite state. The graduate of the University of Iowa physician assistant program will practice in the Hawkeye State, and plans to be active in recruiting younger people to consider careers as a PA.

Viewed from a few feet away, the microneedle patch in Nicole Brogden’s palm doesn’t look like a needle at all. It’s a small sliver of metal with no sharp tip. But an up-close look reveals a dozen or more rows of tiny needles—needles that deliver a painless prick when probed with a finger