Micropatches could change the way vaccines and medicines are delivered in the U.S. and around the world, including many developing countries. Iowa researchers are testing the use of these patches on diverse populations to ensure patients receive optimal health benefits.

Two scientists from the University of Iowa have been named 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows. Ann Budd, in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Madeline Shea, in the Department of Biochemistry, will be honored at the February 2019 AAAS meeting in Washington, D.C.

University of Iowa music therapist PhD student Alaine E. Reschke-Hernández planned and facilitated a study in four Iowa nursing homes to examine the effectiveness of music therapy intervention for people with Alzheimer’s or related dementias.

A new UI partnership with the Tippie College and College of Public Health provides an education in business and leadership basics to students in the College of Pharmacy so they can learn how to manage a health care business in their careers.

Already facing a shortage of primary care physicians, the state of Iowa also may soon face a shortage of physician assistants, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.

The Exercise Is Medicine initiative, launched by the American College of Sports Medicine and introduced to the UI campus this summer, calls for integrating physical activity into the health care setting. The Community Outreach Lab in the UI Field House is one endeavor related to the initiative.

The number of children in the United States diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) increased from 6.1 percent to 10.2 percent from 1997 to 2016, according to an analysis from the University of Iowa published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.

Coralville-based IDx uses artificial intelligence technology developed at the University of Iowa to revolutionize the detection of diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease common in people who have diabetes.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health is partnering with Iowa State University in a new national institute that will address the global public health concern of antimicrobial resistance.

The New York Academy of Medicine has awarded its prestigious 2018 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize to Val C. Sheffield, of the University of Iowa, for his groundbreaking research on glaucoma treatment.

For five years, the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital has been sharing its message about bicycle safety across the state during the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI), along with delivering medical care for cyclists along the route.

Peggy Nopoulos has been named chair and departmental executive officer (DEO) of the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, following a national search in which she was recommended as the top finalist for the position.