Kathleen Janz, professor in the Department of Health and Human Physiology, will work with fellow executive committee members to oversee the professional business of the National Academy of Kinesiology.

University of Iowa senior Kyle Losik rode an ATV over grassy fields with a view of the mountains. Impossible in Iowa City? Not with the virtual reality simulator UI scientists created to find out why hundreds of people are injured or killed when they lose control of ATVs annually.

A new virtual reality simulator described as "a giant video game controller" will help University of Iowa researchers study how and why people lose control while driving all-terrain vehicles.

The more immediate test results could be especially beneficial for patients suspected of having MRSA, a type of staph bacterium that has been linked to life-threatening infections in the bloodstream, lungs, and heart.

"U.S. News & World Report" has ranked University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in eight specialties in the 2016–17 Best Children's Hospital rankings. UI Children's Hospital is the only hospital in Iowa nationally ranked for pediatric care.

This summer, the new University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital will “travel” to cities across Iowa. From June through September, representatives will visit communities throughout Iowa in a van featuring the colors and icons of the new children’s hospital.

The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa received a Telligen Community Initiative, which aims to increase workforce recruitment in laboratory science and raise student awareness of careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

A naturally occurring vitamin, nicotinamide riboside (NR), can lower blood sugar levels, reduce fatty liver, and prevent peripheral nerve damage in mouse models of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D), says a study by researchers at the University of Iowa and Iowa City VA Health Care System.

The University of Iowa College of Nursing is Iowa's leader in making advanced degrees more accessible to registered nurses. The UI offers two tracks for completing a BSN: a traditional on-campus, four-year program and an online RN-to-BSN program.

The UI music therapy program, one of only two in the Big Ten, prepares students for careers as professional therapists.

University of Iowa student Eric Pahl and recent graduate Dalton Shaull recently won $25,000 from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for their startup business, called Organizer. Shaull was motivated to start the project after watching his friend fight off a disease as he waited for a transplant.

By employing a video game system’s computer vision in a hospital room, a University of Iowa research team is pioneering an automated approach to track interactions between health care workers and patients, capturing previously elusive data to support the work of hospital epidemiologists.