Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa and Mayo Clinic have received a five-year, $11.5 million grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to continue the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) for lymphoma research.

An initiative is underway to build Herky’s Nest, a premium seating area for patients at the UI Children’s Hospital, in Kinnick Stadium.

The Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis has been awarded two new cooperative agreements by the Office of Rural Health Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

University of Iowa alumna Kirsten Beyer integrates geography, public health, and community engagement to address health concerns.

Only 20 percent of smokers develop COPD, and new University of Iowa research has revealed a genetic explanation.

A new University of Iowa research project will study how new technologies affect elderly drivers.

State and University of Iowa officials have recently launched efforts to help teachers better combat bullying that may occur among young adults. The UI Teacher Leader Center intends to draw attention to bullying during a year of workshops.

University of Iowa nursing alumna Julie Zimmerman, president of the Iowa Breast Cancer Action Foundation, writes to promote breast cancer awareness.

The University of Iowa on Friday will showcase the founding of a high-throughput screening facility, capable of performing rapid-fire experiments involving large amounts of data and the first of its kind for academic use in the state. The instrument, funded by the federal National Institutes of Health, is expected to spawn research collaboration campus wide.

September is Pain Awareness Month and University of Iowa Health Care is offering a free, public seminar on pain management from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in the Melrose Conference Room at UI Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

A research team at the University of Iowa has engineered a better design for hip implants for obese patients. The team learned that thigh size is a reason why hip implants fail, and why it contributes to an increased rate of failure for the morbidly obese. Results are published in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

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.