The American Society of Human Genetics has elected Jeffrey C. Murray, M.D., professor of pediatrics, epidemiology, nursing, and biological sciences at the University of Iowa, to serve as the society's president starting Jan. 1, 2013.

University of Iowa professor Dr. Bradley Van Voorhis says a new study confirms speculation that infertile couples are at increased risk of having a child with birth defects.

A study by University of Iowa professor Helena LaRoche found that the diets of adults does not improve after they’ve had children.

Earl Rose, the Dallas medical examiner who tried to stop the Secret Service from removing John F. Kennedy's body before he had conducted an autopsy, then later joined the UI faculty as a professor of forensic pathology, died today in Iowa City.

The world tends to remember 85-year-old Earl Rose, a retired forensic pathologist and University of Iowa professor now facing his own final days, for one fleeting moment in the middle of a national tragedy. He was a Dallas medical examiner who tried to keep White House aides from removing John F. Kennedy’s body before an autopsy had been conducted.

It’s often thought that starting a family will help new parents begin healthier eating habits, but research from the University of Iowa shows that’s not necessarily the case.

Bedica Ermilus may never know of all of the people who came together and worked hard to bring her to University of Iowa Children’s Hospital for a surgery that would save her life but it’s a sure bet they’ll never forget her.

Michael Appel and Emma Hashman are the new president and vice president of the Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students (ECGPS). Natalie Virden is the executive officer.

Improving opportunities for women to obtain higher-paying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers will be the subject of a free, public talk from 5 to 6 p.m., Thursday, April 19, at T-Spoons, located at the corner of Linn and Market streets.

UI premature infant specialist Edward Bell explains how Argentina's "miracle morgue baby," who survived 12 hours without assistance before being discovered alive, could have been declared dead.

United States Poet Laureate Philip Levine will give the keynote address at the sixth annual writing conference presented by the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

The UI Heart and Vascular Center is using a breakthrough approach called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement to treat certain elderly and high-risk patients with severe stenosis—a narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve.