Recent News and Events
April 2012
President Obama to visit April 25
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center awards research grants
U.S. poet laureate to give keynote address at UI writing conference
$11 million NIH grant renewal benefits Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center
Cedar Rapids Dance Marathon raises nearly $25,700 for UI Children's Hospital
TEDMED sessions will explore future of health and medicine
UI Health Care helps launch partnership to fight melanoma
March 2012
UI Health Sciences Research Week April 2–4
The case of the epileptic flies
U.S.News ranks 10 UI programs among top 10 in nation
2012 MSTP Graduates Receive Match Assignments
Study identifies cause of bat deaths at wind farms
February 2012
UI's Hygienic Laboratory certified as 'green' building
Genetics professor discovers link between fly and human epilepsy
MSTP Holds 5th Annual I 'Heart' Science Poster Session
High doses of muscle force slows loss of bone in spinal cord injury
January 2012
Iowa Ladies Football Academy commits $1 million toward new UI Children's Hospital
UI study: High levels of MRSA bacteria in retail meat products
Ronald McDonald House Charities grant to promote UI's Ponseti clubfoot efforts
Study reveals enzyme function, could help find muscular dystrophy therapies
Research shows progress toward a genital herpes vaccine
December 2011
Cedar Rapids couple commits $1 million for UI kidney disease research
Researchers use new finding to clear bloodstream malaria infection in mice
Grants from Peregrine Charities to benefit UI Children's Hospital
November 2011
UI study: Childhood obesity does not permanently increase cardiovascular risk
UI study explains how heart attack can lead to heart rupture
College of Public Health center awarded $12 million for neurological disease studies
UI researcher receives funding to study glaucoma in dogs
Study identifies protein that helps measles virus spread
October 2011
World-renowned geneticist Jeff Murray to speak at UI Oct. 24
Research findings could help combat dangerous superbug infections
UI study: Rural women face greater intimate partner violence, less access to resources
Drake, Peeples, and Shea receive Brody Award for Faculty Excellence
UI part of consortium receiving up to $35 million from FDA
September 2011
UI awarded $5.8 million grant for pediatric migraine study
UI Dance Marathon makes $5 million gift commitment for Children's Hospital
Richerson named the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience
UI vision researchers receive $1.6 million from Foundation Fighting Blindness
Public Health names Olden 2011 Hansen Award recipient, announces conference
Iowa Health Fact Book 2011 profiles health and behavior of Iowans
August 2011
Study finds new role for protein in hearing
UI investigators awarded $750,000 grant to study health and fitness among Iowa youth
Iowa's first total artificial heart recipient discharged
UI research team finds new genetic cause of blinding eye disease
University of Iowa MSTP 2011 Retreat Photos Available
UI neuroscientists establish patient registry to study traumatic brain injuries
July 2011
UI researchers help make SIDS breakthrough
Cystic fibrosis-associated changes in lung stem cells may contribute to disease progression
UI Hospitals and Clinics ranks yet again among national elite
UI Health Care names first Diabetes Faculty Scholar
UI physicians implant state's first Total Artificial Heart
Iowa City Book Festival features books and more
UI announces two new faculty clusters to focus on obesity, genetics
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center's status renewed by National Cancer Institute
June 2011
Brennan named new chief medical officer for UI Health Care
Boutros to lead new Iowa River Landing Clinic for UI Health Care
Four UI faculty members win top teaching award
UI faculty members receive Collegiate Teaching Awards for 2010-11
University of Iowa researchers identify caffeine-consuming bacterium
Iowa City couple gives $500,000 to UI College of Public Health building campaign
UI investigators awarded $1.2 million grant to study bacteria in raw meat
May 2011
University of Iowa joins national effort to improve health care
UI Health Care names new head of psychiatry
Pediatric feeding program helps children overcome severe eating difficulties
UI study: Carbon black nanoparticles activate immune cells, causing cell death
Iowa MSTP Honors Six Graduates
UI Children's Hospital nationally ranked by U.S.News & World Report
Abboud receives $4 million training grant renewal for Cardiovascular Research Center
Steads commit $10 million for children's medicine at UI
UI-led research team identifies receptor for Ebola virus
'Iowa Insights' podcast: Solving the brain's mysteries
April 2011
UI cancer researcher teams to receive Oberley Seed Grants
UI discovery of relationship between proteins may impact development of cancer therapies
Schlievert to be head of microbiology at UI Carver College of Medicine
UI Children's Hospital named to Neonatal Research Network for second time
UI study suggests antidepressants aid physical recovery in stroke
Fraternal Order of Eagles, UI dedicate new diabetes research center
March 2011
Annual tribute to women at the UI to be held April 5
Pig model of cystic fibrosis improves understanding of disease
2011 MSTP Graduates Receive Assignments on Match Day
UI team identifies new form of muscular dystrophy
February 2011
UI team investigates function of 'junk DNA' in human genes
Davidson to discuss molecular medicine at Presidential Lecture Feb. 27
UI Dance Marathon breaks record
Regents approve plans for new UI Children's Hospital
January 2011
UI to host 2011 USA Winter Diving National Championships Jan. 30-Feb. 6