About two decades ago, scientists shifted their focus from pain as a symptom of underlying illness to chronic pain as a disease in itself. This led to exploring new therapeutic approaches. Unfortunately, today’s pain medications are neither precise nor side effect-free. “We need to better...
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Congratulations to Adam Janowski who received a Promotion of Doctoral Studies II (PODS II) Scholarship from the Foundation for Physical Therapy! Adam is a 4th year PhD student in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science working in Dr. Sluka’s laboratory. Title: “The development...
Ruth Chimenti is co-chair of the Pain, Movement, & Rehabilitation Special Interest Group Julie Eisele, managing editor for Journal of Pain, Iowa City resident, former UIowa employee, presented with an award for her contributions to the Journal of Pain for the last 23 years. She started working...
Jamie Morton, PhD , postdoctoral trainee in Dr. Barbara St. Marie's lab in the College of Nursing received a Midwest Nursing Research Society's Perinatal Sexual and Reproductive Health RIIG 2022-2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award. She will receive this award at the Midwest Nursing Research Society...
Inside Kathleen Sluka’s home painting studio, big bay windows overlook a country pond not far from an apple orchard. While it’s an idyllic setting for an artist, what really gets Sluka’s creative neurons firing isn’t the Iowa landscape. It’s the aesthetics of neurons themselves.
Berardi G, Frey-Law L, Sluka KA , Bayman EO, Coffey CS, Ecklund D, Vance CGT, Dailey DL, Burns J, Buvanendran A, McCarthy RJ, Jacobs J, Zhou XJ, Wixson R, Balach T, Brummett CM, Clauw D, Colquhoun D, Harte SE, Harris RE, Williams DA, Chang AC, Waljee J, Fisch KM, Jepsen K, Laurent LC, Olivier M,...
Donna Hammond, PhD , professor of anesthesia and of neuroscience and pharmacology, is the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience IV. The recognition honors their outstanding academic achievements and contributions to the Carver College of Medicine and Iowa Neuroscience Institute. Hammond studies the...
Congratulations to Giovanni Berardi, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's laboratory in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in receiving the HEAL Career Enhancement Supplement.