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Dr. Chris Buresh cuddles a a Haitian youngster, Wendly Steven, 13 months old, who has severe scar tissue on his hand from grabbing a piece of firewood/

UI health experts among Iowans who volunteered in Haiti

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Chris Buresh and Casey Panko, a UI Hospitals and Clinics emergency-medicine physician and emergency department nurse respectively, served as team leaders when traveling to Haiti in March along with other Community Health Initiative volunteers, bringing health care to rural villages in Haiti.

Free head and neck cancer screening offered at UI

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
As a part of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, free screenings for oral, head and neck cancer are available from 8 a.m. to noon on Monday, April 29, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Preventing student suicide

Monday, April 22, 2013
University Counseling Service Director Sam Cochran says the University of Iowa community suffers an average of two to three student suicides annually. To bring the campus and local community together to prevent future student suicides, Cochran is leading the three-year $270,970 grant, “Leveraging Campus-Community Collaborations to Enhance Suicide Prevention at the University of Iowa.”
group of health students smiling

Seeing health care from a new perspective

Monday, April 22, 2013
A new University of Iowa student group strives to strengthen collaboration among health professionals.

Ankle device conceived at UI goes to market

Friday, April 19, 2013
An ankle replacement device conceived originally at the University of Iowa debuted this week at the 2013 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Chicago.
Xavier Crane has his vision tested

Iowa KidSight makes young eyes a priority

Monday, April 15, 2013
Iowa KidSight is coordinated through the Iowa Lions Clubs and UI Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and screens thousands of preschool-aged children every year to detect vision impairment and direct them to the help they need.

UI Health Science Research Week events April 16 and 17

Friday, April 12, 2013
An online game that lets citizen scientists help map the brain connections involved in vision is the subject of one of three public presentations by leading neuroscience experts being held April 16 and 17 to celebrate UI Health Sciences Research Week.

Molecular hub links obesity, heart disease to high blood pressure

Thursday, April 11, 2013
A University of Iowa study identifies a brain protein that acts as a communications hub for blood pressure control, and links cardiovascular disease and obesity to hypertension.

Finkbine Dinner honors students, faculty, staff, and alumni

Thursday, April 11, 2013
University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors—including Hancher-Finkbine Medallions recognizing leadership, learning, and loyalty—at the 96th annual Finkbine Dinner.
UI Student Employee of the Year, Andrew Michalski sits at a laboratory bench in the Eckstein Medical Researchh Building.

Stellar student employees recognized

Thursday, April 11, 2013
The University of Iowa recognizes nine undergraduates who help keep the university working, including one winner, Andrew Michalski, who has received state and regional honors, too.
Jaclyn and Michael Haugsdal celebrating in crowd at Match Day.

Iowa match

Monday, April 8, 2013
How did a fourth-grader at a football game and a fifth-grader who wanted to be a teacher end up sharing a dream to become doctors and making it come true at the University of Iowa? This married couple shares their story.

Achievements

Friday, April 5, 2013
University staff, faculty, and students are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.