Latest Departmental News

Spring 2025 Iowa DPT Q&A Sessions
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Spring 2025 Question & Answer Sessions for the University of Iowa Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program
Q&A: Jacob Norton, Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Q&A: Alex Lewis, Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Upcoming Events
PTRS Educational Summit
Mark your calendars for our 2025 PTRS Educational Summit scheduled for October 11, 2025.
UI Physical Therapy Apparel Order
The Physical Therapy Student Organization's (PTSO) spring apparel order is now closed. If you wish to be put on the mailing list for the fall order, please email us at physical-therapy@uiowa.edu.
Alumni Newsletters
The alumni newsletters provide an opportunity for us to share many of the accomplishments of previous classmates, faculty, and staff from the UI Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Community at Iowa. These newsletters will go out annually to keep you informed of the new developments and future plans within the department.
College of Medicine Events

Topics in Human Genetics
Monday, June 23, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The course is open to individuals wishing to learn more about current topics in Human Genetics who meet the following criteria; individuals must have completed a course in genetics and are currently in a genetics lab, or have past genetics research experience. Genetics educators are also welcome to attend the course.The objective of the course is to provide persons familiar with genetics a broad overview of gene identification, molecular genetics, complex disease, next generation sequencing...
TriNetX Basic Training
Thursday, June 26, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research.
After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies.
Register by clicking the virtual event link...
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 6/26/2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
"Toxicology Grand Rounds,"by Daniel McCabe, MD (Emergency Medicine)

Antimicrobial Stewardship Series: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Dental Practice: Principles and Practice
Friday, June 27, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Iowa Statewide Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative – a partnership between Iowa Health and Human Services and UI College of Pharmacy in conjunction with the UI Carver College of Medicine Department of Continuing Education present the following seminar by Karen Baker, MS:"Antimicrobial Stewardship Series: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Dental Practice: Principles and Practice"Continuing education available.

Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Nathan Witmer
Monday, June 30, 2025 10:00am
Nathan Witmer is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been conducted in Ryan Boudreau's laboratory.If you are not able to attend in person, please consider showing your support by attending via Zoom. https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95883392288