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.

A study from the College of Public Health finds that hospital costs related to gun injuries exceed $622 million each year.

To get back in the game after an injury, it is tempting to short-circuit the necessary healing process. UI orthopedists and rehabilitation specialists suggest that acute joint damage that occurs at the time of an injury initiates a sequence of events that can lead to progressive articular surface damage.

An initiative to help Iowans maintain their hearing health is being launched at Fry Fest, right before the start of a new and exciting—and likely noisy—football season. HawkEars is the brainchild of UI audiology graduate student Kevin Kock.

Kid Captain, a partnership that began in 2009 between the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes to honor pediatric patients and celebrate their inspirational stories, has announced its honorees for the 2017 season.