Impact

UI experts help Iowa businesses stay on the analytics cutting edge

Thursday, December 7, 2017
The Tippie Analytics Cooperative helps businesses improve their operations with data analytics while providing students with on-the-job experience.

College of Public Health awards grants to improve Iowans’ health

The College of Public Health’s Business Leadership Network has awarded grants to six Iowa social service and health care organizations to help them develop initiatives to improve the health of Iowans of all ages.

University of Iowa working with actor Michael J. Fox to find cure for Parkinson’s disease

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been working with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, gathering and analyzing data collected during numerous studies the foundation funds to find a treatment for the disease.

College of Public Health research finds stroke deaths declining in Iowa

James Torner, director of the Iowa Stroke Registry in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, examines why Iowa is one of the few states to see its rate of death by stroke decrease in recent years.

UI names Sioux Citian an Iowa Public Health Hero

The Sioux City Journal profiles Linda Kalin, director of the Iowa's Poison Control Center, who has been named an Iowa Public Health Hero by the UI College of Public Health.

UI to lead national campaign educating Americans, health care professionals about precision medicine

Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The University of Iowa has been awarded $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to lead a new national campaign to educate Americans and health care professionals about personalized medicine.

UI honored for providing safe, affordable student housing at Des Moines Internship Village

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
The University of Iowa has received a Celebrate Business and Economic Impact Award from the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Des Moines Business Record for providing safe and affordable housing for college students interning in central Iowa at the Internship Village on the Iowa Center for Higher Education campus.

Bringing it home: Samaniego and team return to Ecuador for neurosurgeries, training

UI neurologist Edgar Samaniego and Santiago Ortega-Gutiérrez, director of neurointerventional surgery, are taking their fifth trip to South America to perform surgeries and train local providers. This time they’re going to Hospital Eugenio Espejo in Quito, Ecuador—the hospital where Samaniego did his first clinical rotations as a medical student.

Iowa Neuroscience Institute Awards Accelerator Grants

Thursday, November 9, 2017
In support of its goal to build high-impact neuroscience research, the Iowa Neuroscience Institute (INI) has awarded its first Accelerator Grants. The four funded proposals represent a mix of foundational, translational, and clinical research. They focus on neuroscience topics that are new or that add value to existing research by branching out in a new direction.

UI research with Michael J. Fox Foundation “game changer” in search for Parkinson’s cure

The UI College of Public Health is working with the Michael J. Fox Foundation on a new clinical trial for a cancer drug that could be used to help people who have Parkinson’s Disease.

Girls Go STEM earns recognition from state advisory council

Thursday, November 2, 2017
University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communications has been recognized for its program aimed at boosting girls’ interests in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and careers.

Residents, UI students talk future of Mason City’s North End neighborhood

University of Iowa students met with residents of Mason City’s North End at several local restaurants as part of an effort to create a comprehensive plan that will guide redevelopment of the neighborhood. The plan is part of a partnership between the city, community development agencies, and the university.