Carver College of Medicine

Clinical and Translational Science Award grant renewal totals $21 million

University of Iowa leaders announce the renewal of a $21 million grant of a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

UI’s MADE program brings cost-effective, patient-focused faculty innovations to life

Thursday, March 22, 2018
The UI’s MADE program harnesses the existing capabilities of faculty and staff, as well as specialized university manufacturing and prototyping facilities, to create a “virtual” medical device company. MADE provides a system for bringing innovative but inexpensive medical inventions into production.
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University of Iowa establishes research group on nuclear energy and waste

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
A new, growing group of scientists at the University of Iowa is researching how to address the storage and potential reuse of nuclear waste. Armed with grants from various federal agencies, UI faculty in chemistry, engineering, and radiology also are educating undergraduate and graduate students about the work.

13 UI graduate programs ranked among nation's best

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Each year, “U.S. News & World Report” ranks professional schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, and nursing. Read the 2019 rankings for each respective college at the UI.

Cancer in Iowa study notes link between cancer, obesity

The UI College of Public Health's annual Cancer in Iowa survey notes the increasing number of Iowans who suffer from obesity-related cancers.
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‘Cancer in Iowa’ report expects 6,300 cancer deaths in Iowa in 2018

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
An estimated 6,300 Iowans will die from cancer in 2018, 18 times the number killed in auto accidents, according to a new report released today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Annual ‘Cancer in Iowa’ report to be released March 6

Friday, March 2, 2018
Members of the media are invited to a press conference for the release of the State Health Registry of Iowa’s annual ‘Cancer in Iowa’ report. The State Health Registry of Iowa is based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Iowa study finds shorter wait times in rural hospitals with tele-ERs

A study from the University of Iowa finds rural hospitals that are part of a telemedicine network with hospitals in larger cities have shorter patient wait times in their emergency rooms.

'Forbes' ranks UI Health Care among ‘Best Employers for Diversity’

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
University of Iowa Health Care has been named one of the nation’s top employers for diversity by “Forbes.”
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On the front lines in the fight against an epidemic

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
E. Dale Abel, director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, will deliver the UI Presidential Lecture “Overfeeding the Heart: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Complications,” on Feb. 18, exploring the relationship between blood sugar and heart function. “Iowa Now” sat down with Abel to talk about his work.
About 790 University of Iowa students received degrees during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and University College commencement ceremony on Dec. 17 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

UI to honor December 2017 graduates

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
The University of Iowa will honor December 2017 graduates during a series of commencement ceremonies Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 14–17.

Trying to cut back on sugar? This year’s 3MT competition winner is studying how to do just that

Monday, December 4, 2017
Sharon Idiga, this year’s winner of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), is studying how a hormone in the body regulates sugar intake, and her research could lead to new therapies for diabetes and obesity.