Jacob Priest, an assistant professor in the University of Iowa College of Education with a Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy, offers advice on how to manage the stress of social distancing with loved ones.

In the predawn hours, team members from University Shared Services and Purchasing are powering up their laptops from home to get a jump on supplies badly needed by University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

As a response to the COVID-19 crisis, UIP recently began making hand sanitizer. The majority of the sanitizer will be acquired by University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

Friday was Match Day – the day when graduating medical students across the country find out where they will do their residency training. But with the COVID-19 pandemic up ending everyday life across the country, it was possibly the most unusual Match Day ever.

By studying the sick hearts removed from four patients undergoing heart transplants, researchers have identified a protein and a signaling pathway that may contribute to sudden death in an inherited form of heart disease.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor 47 of its faculty as the college’s inaugural group of Impact Scholars—researchers who have made a major scientific impact over the course of their careers.

Peter Snyder has been named associate dean for faculty affairs and development in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective March 1.

An op-ed co-authored by a researcher in the College of Public Health says recent changes in state laws now give local communities and organizations new tools they can use to fight the opioid crisis.

Carri Casteel, associate director of the Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) in the College of Public Health, and Barbara St. Marie, associate professor in the College of Nursing, discuss a new report from the IPRC that encourages local communities and organizations new tools to combat the opioid epidemic in Iowa.

EMTs are being attacked more and more frequently while responding to emergency calls. Semin Park, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business, is part of a team developing strategies to keep first responders safer while on the job.

The University of Iowa’s student-led Dance Marathon raised more than $2.8 million for the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital in its 26th year.

U.S. Navy Capt. Jeffrey D. Quinlan has been named chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Family Medicine in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. He will begin Oct. 15 after completing a 28-year career in the U.S. Navy.