Fourteen-year-old Rebecca Hemm of Moline, Ill., was among the first to receive a Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve at University of Iowa Children's Hospital, allowing her to play tennis on her school team and sing in the choir.
Story from: Health at Iowa
UI staff and the general public got the first major sneak peek of the designs of the new UI Children's Hospital facility, which opens in 2016.
Story from: The Gazette
This year saw one of Iowa’s most philanthropic families, the Gerdins, make a $12 million commitment to the building campaign for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, making the Gerdin Family the Iowa City Press-Citizen's Person of the Year for 2012.
Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen
The University of Iowa's Dance Marathon seems to get a bit bigger every year, so it's no surprise it was named to a list of the 10 biggest college fundraisers by the college rating site thebestcolleges.org.
Story from: Iowa City Patch
Leaders, faculty, and staff with UI Health Care continually strive for innovation and growth in all of the missions on which the organization is built. Ensuring that the facilities and the infrastructure that support those missions continue to reflect that same commitment to growth and innovation is key to providing the best in education, research, and health care. Story
Edward Bell, M.D., a professor of pediatrics with University of Iowa's Children's Hospital and an expert in the care of extremely premature infants, comments on the importance of standardization of care for very premature babies.
Story from: The Columbus Dispatch
Edward Bell, M.D., a neonatologist at UI Children's Hospital, comments on the story of an Oakland A’s pitcher whose son died just 23 hours after he was born.
Story from: ABC News
A new University of Iowa study suggests there are two root causes of a type of diabetes associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). The findings, which already have sparked a clinical trial, may guide development of new treatments or even help prevent diabetes in patients with CF. Story
