The Fulbright U.S. Student Program usually prioritizes graduate students and doctoral candidates for their Spain open study and research awards. However, among the 112 applicants from across the country, Margaret Mungai, an undergraduate in the laboratory of E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, was one of the 24 finalists to receive a Spain Fulbright award. Mungai […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, April 30, 2020, will be: COVID-19 Associated Coagulopathy 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, April 30, 2020 Presented by: Usha Perepu, MBBS, MRCP, Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95639236174 […]
Josalyn Cho, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, earned a five-year, $2.6 million R01 from the NIH to investigate an immune regulatory protein, T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (Tim3), and its impact on influenza infection in the lungs. “During influenza infection, the immune response must be tightly regulated to […]
Barry London, MD, PhD, professor and director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, received a four-year, $1.8 million R01 grant from the NIH to investigate the effects of radiation on the heart. Treatment for lung and esophageal cancer exposes the heart to radiation, which can eventually cause abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death. “We will use […]
Title: Loss of iRhom2 accelerates fat gain and insulin resistance in diet-induced obesity despite reduced adipose tissue inflammation. Authors: Joseph Skurski, Christie M. Penniman, Ramasatyaveni Geesala, Garima Dixit, Priyanjali Pulipati, Gourav Bhardwaj, David K. Meyerholz, Priya D. Issuree, Brian T. O’Neill, Thorsten Maretzky Journal: Metabolism. 2020 Mar 2;106:154194. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154194. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract: […]
Models are by their nature subject to constant revision. Two weeks ago, we believed we would now be in the peak of demand on University of Iowa Health Care resources as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent well-publicized outbreaks in Iowa and other factors have now pushed our peak to around May 8. That […]
Every year the Fellowship Administrators in Cardiovascular Education and Training (FACET) schedules their meeting to coincide with the American College of Cardiology (ACC). While a sizable contingent of Hawkeyes logged on to the virtual ACC meeting, one member of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine was signed in to FACET’s meeting. Cari Harland, Cardiology Fellowship Coordinator, has […]
The pressure was on for Giselle Statz, MD, second-year resident, as she attempted to “stump the professor” during her oral presentation at the American College of Cardiology 2020 and World Congress Cardiology Virtual Conference. During their session, “Stump the Professor: A 31-Year-Old Man with Angina,” Statz and her mentor, Milena Gebska, MD, clinical associate professor […]
Santosh Kumar, PhD, associate in Cardiovascular Medicine, received a five-year, $2M grant from the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for his project “SUMO2-p66shc axis in vascular endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis.” With this R01, he will investigate the expression of the gene SUMO2 in the lining of arteries and veins, the correlation between SUMO2ylation […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, April 23, 2020, will be: COVID-19 at UIHC: Our Experience Thus Far 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, April 23, 2020 Presented by: Bradley Manning, MD, Hospitalist; Medical Director, 6 Roy Carver; Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/93067460299 […]