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Dr. Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson, MD, PhD

Discovery has Implications for Heart Disease

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Dr. Alexander Horswill

Alexander Horswill, PhD

Turning on Cell-cell Communication Wipes out Staph Biofilms

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Dr. Val Sheffield

Val Sheffield, MD, PhD

Sheffield Renewed as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

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Dr. Edwin Stone

Edwin Stone, M.D., Ph.D.

UI Contributes to Gene Therapy Breakthrough for Blinding Eye Disease

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Dr. Charles Helms

Charles Helms, MD, PhD

Helms Wins Fulbright Award to Study Vaccine Policy in Australia

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Dr. Kathleen Sluka

Kathleen Sluka, Ph.D.

Study Finds Biological Link Between Pain and Fatigue

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Dr. Satish Rao

Satish Rao, MD

Advances Made in Fructose Intolerance Recognition and Research

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Office of Scientific Affairs

The research enterprise of the UI Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) garnered $188 million in external funding in 2007 and the UI ranks 12th among public institutions in NIH funding. The enterprise is overseen by two senior associate deans for research: Michael Apicella, MD., Interim Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs and Gary Hunninghake, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences. S. Ramaswamy, PhD, is Interim Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs.

Researchers in the CCOM's 240 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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