“I am really pleased and excited to share the list of our incoming interns (2018-2019). Please welcome them to our Iowa family. Go Hawks!” — Manish Suneja, MD, Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Web-Enabled Mechanistic Case Diagramming: A Novel Tool for Assessing Students’ Ability to Integrate Foundational and Clinical Sciences
Article: Web-Enabled Mechanistic Case Diagramming: A Novel Tool for Assessing Students’ Ability to Integrate Foundational and Clinical Sciences Authors: Kristi J. Ferguson; Clarence D. Kreiter; Thomas H. Haugen; Fred R. Dee Journal: Acad Med. 2018 Feb 20. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002184. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract: PROBLEM: As medical schools move from discipline-based courses to more integrated […]
Dodd Receives DOD New Investigator Award
Rebecca Dodd, PhD, Assistant Professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has received the Neurofibromatosis New Investigator Award. This research program is funded by the US Department of Defense through the office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). With her three-year, $686,239 award funds, Dr. Dodd hopes to identify new therapeutic targets […]
New faculty additions, January-February 2018
You may have seen some fresh faces around the department over the last few months. We are pleased to welcome these new faculty, who joined the department in January and February 2018. Asma Al-Zougbi, MD – Associate Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism Asma Al-Zougbi joined the Division of Endocrinology as an Associate on January 4 […]
Noureddine, Houtman, Barker Honored at Faculty Awards Banquet
Members of the Department of Internal Medicine were recently recognized for meritorious achievements in education and clinical care. Family, friends, and colleagues gathered to honor the winners of a variety of awards managed by the Office of Faculty Affairs. (Full coverage of all the award winners can be found at The Loop.) Because the event […]
Abboud Profile in European Heart Journal
Did you know that the death of a United States senator almost changed the course of Dr. François Abboud’s life? Or that a cardiovascular fellowship training grant he first applied for in the early 1970s has been funding fellows at the University of Iowa ever since? Members of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) now […]
FOEDRC Research Day, 2/26/18
A day set aside for the dozens and dozens of investigators and their scores of lab members is beneficial for a few reasons. It gives everyone a sense of just how broad the project they are involved with is, seeing the scope and variety of research being performed. It helps break down barriers between working […]
Goto Forms VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry
A team led by Michihiko Goto, MD, MSCI, Clinical Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases, has recently won a three-year, $778,000 VA grant to begin a VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry (PSCI). PSCIs are focused on exploring specific areas of patient safety and determining practical tools to reduce any number of threats to patients in medical centers. […]
Failure of Risk-Adjustment by Test Method for C. difficile Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting
Article: Failure of Risk-Adjustment by Test Method for C. difficile Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting Authors: Alexandre R. Marra, Michael B. Edmond, Bradley A. Ford, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Abdullah R. Algwizani and Daniel J. Diekema Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Jan;38(1):109-111 Abstract: Using an algorithm including both enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and nucleic acid amplification (NAAT) for […]
Progress and Rankings
It goes without saying, but sometimes it bears repeating. Our core commitment is to improve human health, and all of our missions in clinical care, education, and research are focused on that goal. I am sure that all of our faculty, staff, and trainees would agree that a significant motivation for their tireless effort and […]