Health Care

Semifinalist interviews for UI’s VP for medical affairs will take place in July

Thursday, June 8, 2017
Semifinalist candidates for the UI’s VP for medical affairs will interview in July.

Bariatric surgery program achieves national accreditation

Wednesday, May 24, 2017
The University of Iowa Health Care bariatric surgery program has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Patients in rural hospitals can save thousands of dollars if local hospital is part of tele-emergency room network

Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Patients in small towns can save thousands of dollars in health care costs if their local rural hospital is part of a tele-emergency room network, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.

UI, Cornell College create new dual-degree program in public health

The University of Iowa and Cornell College are teaming up to give students more opportunities, enhancing their prospects for careers and graduate study with a new dual-degree program in public health.

‘Forbes’ again ranks UI Health Care among ‘America’s Best Employers’

Thursday, May 11, 2017
For the third year in a row, “Forbes Magazine” has included University of Iowa Health Care in its annual listing of the nation’s top employers. In the 2017 “Forbes” rankings of “America’s Best Employers,” UI Health Care was named the No. 5 employer in the health care industry and No. 14 overall.
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Mgbechi Erondu: A writer entering residency

Mgbechi Erondu received a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2016 and will graduate this month from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. She hopes to use both fields—fiction writing and medicine—to remind the world of how much people matter to one another.
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UI College of Engineering students go above and beyond to help 8-year-old ride his bicycle

Thursday, April 27, 2017
Born without a right arm, Jonny Cole couldn’t ride a bike. Now, four UI undergrads in the Department of Biomedical Engineering have created a device that lets him ride with confidence.

UI student-owned business wins $100,000 at prestigious TCU start-up competition

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
HealthTech Solutions, a business founded by two University of Iowa students, both from Iowa, that makes it easier to connect organ donors with recipients, won the grand prize in a start-up venture competition sponsored by TCU.

UI to teach business and leadership skills to health care providers across Iowa

Monday, April 24, 2017
A new partnership among three University of Iowa colleges is training doctors in the ways of business. The Office of Healthcare Leadership Education (OHLE) will help Iowa health care providers better understand the economic forces at work in their practices.

How Vitamin C May Help Cancer Treatments Work Better

Researchers at the University of Iowa find that administering high doses of intravenous vitamin C to cancer patients is safe; the method may also boost the results of chemo and radiation therapy.

Financial math may help build a better HIV vaccine

Thursday, April 6, 2017
What do particle diffusion and stock price prediction have to do with building a better HIV vaccine? According to University of Iowa microbiologist Hillel Haim, you can apply concepts from both to predict the evolution of HIV surface proteins, making it easier to design effective vaccines.
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UI hosts conference to save millions of lives globally

Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Millions of women die every year from the simple household task of cooking. The University of Iowa is hosting a group of internationally recognized experts at a conference, Women’s Health and the Environment: Going up in Smoke, to address the silent global crisis of cookstove smoke.