Article: Mentoring minority trainees: Minorities in academia face specific challenges that mentors should address to instill confidence Authors: Antentor O. Hinton, Jr., Zer Vue, Christina M. Termini, Brittany L. Taylor, Haysetta D. Shuler, Melanie R. McReynolds Journal: EMBO Rep. 2020 Oct 5;21(10):e51269. Excerpt:The art of mentorship was first described in Homer’s Odyssey as the character […]
The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has long sponsored in part the Short Coat Podcast, a series focused on issues related to medical school, largely featuring physicians-in-training and their instructors. But now the college has launched a new podcast with established providers who may need continuing medical education (CME) credit as […]
Karima Ait-Aissa, PhD, associate in Cardiovascular Medicine, received a $30,000 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant from the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her project, titled “New Approaches to Mitigate Radiation Therapy-Induced Cognitive Impairment,” aims to take a step toward preventing morbidity as a result of radiation therapy. With this seed grant, Ait-Aissa […]
The following is the next installment in a series on writing for publication from Kris Greiner, editor in the Design Center. Explore her suite of editing services. Different types of manuscripts require different types of introduction sections. For example, an introduction to a book chapter should be vastly broader than one for a case report. Before starting this section, […]
Sheena CarlLee, MD. Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest What were some of the projects you worked on while you were at Iowa and how did this work prepare you for your career? I wanted to focus on education innovations during my chief year, and I learned […]
Mazin Abu-Ghazalah, FACHE, has been named Division Administrator for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Internal Medicine. Abu-Ghazalah is entering the role following the departure of Robert Jones earlier this year. The department is grateful for the continuity provided by Administrative Services Specialist Hilary Humphrey in the interim. Abu-Ghazalah has more […]
Article: Lung function of primary cooks using LPG or biomass and the effect of particulate matter on airway epithelial barrier integrity Authors: Emma M Stapleton, Abhilash Kizhakke Puliyakote, Nervana Metwali, Matthew Jeronimo, Ian M Thornell Robert B Manges, Monalisa Bilas, Mohamed Ali Kamal Batcha, Mangaleswari Seeniappan Kumaravel, Kumar Durairaj, Kesavan Karuppusamy, Geetha Kathiresan, Sirajunnisa Abdul […]
After more than a decade of post-secondary education, fellowship training represents for most their final extended program of training before they launch their careers as a subspecialist. After the rigors and breadth of the years of residency training, fellows take a deep dive into their chosen field, to become skilled in providing advanced care across […]
With this week’s Fellowship Match Day, many of our graduating residents can breathe a sigh of relief as their next couple years become much clearer. The Department is proud to announce that every one of our residents who entered the fellowship match met with success. This year’s 100% placement rate raises our five-year rolling average […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, December 3, 2020, will be: Pulmonary Histoplasmosis: an internist dilemma12:00-1:00pmThursday, December 3, 2020 Rolando Sanchez, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation:https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/93346144130 This Grand Rounds presentation will be recorded and […]