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John and Mary Pappajohn

John and Mary Pappajohn

Pappajohns' $26.4 million gift will name UI biomedical research institute

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Dr. Ergun Uc

Ergun Uc, MD

Parkinson's disease may increase crash risk in low visibility

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Dr. Craig Morita

Craig Morita, MD, PhD

UI receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant

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Dr. Mario Ascoli

Mario Ascoli, PhD

$2.2 million NIH grant supports UI women's reproductive health research

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Dr. Pat Winokur

Pat Winokur, MD

UI children's hospital studying H1N1 flu vaccine

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Dr. Botand Banfi

Botond Banfi, MD, PhD

Gene discovery reveals a critical protein's function in hearing

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Office of Scientific Affairs

The research enterprise of the UI Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) garnered $212.5 million in external funding in 2009 and the UI ranks 11th among public institutions in NIH funding. The enterprise is overseen by two senior associate deans for research: Michael Apicella, MD., Interim Senior Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs and Patricia Winokur, MD, Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences. Robert Piper, PhD, is Director of the CCOM's core research facilities.

Researchers in the CCOM's 250 laboratories are served by state-of-the-art core research facilities and research support facilities. Much of the research conducted at the CCOM is interdisciplinary and collaborations are fostered and coordinated through major research centers, institutes and programs.

Many CCOM faculty members are internationally renowned for their research. Four faculty members are Howard Hughes Institute Investigators, 16 are members of the Institute of Medicine and three are members of the National Academy of Sciences.

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