White Coat Ceremonies welcome incoming Carver College of Medicine classes
The Carver College of Medicine welcomes a new class of MD, PA, and PhD students with three ceremonies in August 2024.
UI to lead clinical trial testing seasonal flu vaccines with experimental adjuvants
The University of Iowa is the lead site for a new clinical trial that is testing the ability of experimental adjuvants to boost the effectiveness of seasonal flu shots. Adjuvants are compounds added to vaccines to induce stronger and longer-lasting immune responses.
Medicine student starts new column in The Daily Iowan
In hopes to meld the University of Iowa’s medical and undergraduate campuses, Pavane Gorrepati, current MD candidate at the UI Carver College of Medicine, initiated a new monthly column in The Daily Iowan titled, “The Doctor Is In,” which explores health-related concepts geared toward...
Meet Qierra Brockman
Get to know current PhD student Qierra Brockman.
Repairing vision synapses
A new study in mice by University of Iowa researchers suggests it may be possible to regenerate critical nerve structures in the eye that are disrupted by genetic mutations even after these structures known as synapses have matured abnormally.
Faculty Focus: Brian Wolf, MD, MS
Meet Brian Wolf, MD, MS, professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation.
Faculty Focus: Matthew Bollier, MD
Meet Matthew Bollier, MD, clinical associate professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation.
Faculty Focus: Lillian Erdahl, MD
Meet Lillian Erdahl, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery.
Faculty Focus: Jon Van Heukelom, MD
Meet Jon Van Heukelom, MD, clinical professor of emergency medicine.
UI research team uses chocolate to investigate what causes some people to overeat
The taste perceptions that influence which foods we choose to eat and how much of those foods we consume may be significantly different in obese people, according to a new study by a University of Iowa research team.