A university search committee has announced the second final candidate for the next University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

John M. Carethers, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the first final candidate for the next University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine. He will visit campus Oct. 3.

A new report from the University of Iowa includes several policy and program recommendations to address the state’s opioid crisis after UI representatives led a process involving dozens of stakeholders from across the state.

University of Iowa spin-off Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has recently been awarded a $2 million Phase II National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research award to support development of a new treatment for metastatic melanoma.

In September 2016, Jean Robillard announced he would step down as UI vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine once a new leader takes over. University officials expect to announce the results of a nationwide search this fall.

Invest Health, a cooperative program between the UI College of Public Health and City of Iowa City, works to reduce incidence of asthma, mental illness in three Iowa City neighborhoods.

University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic have received a five-year, $12.4 million grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute to continue the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) for lymphoma research. The UI–Mayo program is the nation's longest-standing lymphoma SPORE.

A team led by University of Iowa researchers has identified a gene linked to rare kidney-related birth defects. When working properly, a gene called GREB1L activates a cascade of signals that ultimately tells other genes what they need to do to create a kidney.

Brad Wright, assistant professor of health management and policy in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, discusses the state of Iowa's attempt to receive a waiver for certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

ESPN anchor Scott Van Pelt's "1 Big Thing" takes on the Iowa Hawkeyes' new tradition in home games, where, after the first quarter, the entire crowd turns around and waves at the children's hospital behind the stadium.

Brad Wright, assistant professor of health management and policy, says states might see it as a signal if the White House approves Iowa’s request for a waiver that strengthens its health insurance market

A new College of Public Health study finds hospitalization costs due to gun injuries exceed $622 million a year, much of it paid for by taxpayers through Medicare and Medicaid.