April 7 Doc Dash: A run to raise funds
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.
Orthopedic Simulator Enhances Resident Training
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.
UI Carver College of Medicine ranked among the nation's best
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.
UI Carver College of Medicine receives LCME accreditation
The Carver College of Medicine has received continued full accreditation of its medical education program leading to the MD degree from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). LCME accreditation is required in most states for licensing graduates and receiving federal financial aid.
Faculty Focus: Nicholas Butler, MD
Meet Nicholas Butler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Faculty Focus: Paloma Giangrande, PhD
Meet Paloma Giangrande, PhD, Associate Professor
Faculty Focus: David Kaczka, MD, PhD
Meet David Kaczka, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Faculty Focus: Sarah Haskell, DO
Meet Sarah Haskell, DO, Program Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship
Hunter-Killer Nanoparticle Bullets Target Tumors While Bypassing Healthy Tissue
A research team led by Aliasger K. Salem and Kareem Ebeid at the University of Iowa has developed a method for targeting malignant tumors using nanoparticles that carry a combination of chemotherapeutic drugs directly to the tumors without affecting healthy tissue.
UI study finds that a surprise stimulus helps people stop an action
In a new study, University of Iowa researchers studied how people stopped an action. The researchers found that when participants heard an unexpected sound, they stopped an action more often than when they heard no sound at all.