Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, September 30 will be: Paul M. & Dorothy E. Seebohm Visiting Lectureship in Allergy SARS CoV2 and lessons from the immune system 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, September 30, 2021 Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD, Chief, Allergy Division, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Click this link on Thursday just before noon to […]
PKM2 promotes neutrophil activation and cerebral thrombo-inflammation: Therapeutic implications for ischemic stroke
Article: PKM2 promotes neutrophil activation and cerebral thrombo-inflammation: Therapeutic implications for ischemic stroke Authors: Nirav Dhanesha, Rakesh B Patel, Prakash Doddapattar, Madankumar Ghatge, Gagan D Flora, Manish Jain, Daniel Thedens, Heena Olalde, Mariia Kumskova, Enrique Leira, Anil K Chauhan Journal: Blood. 2021 Sep 15;blood.2021012322. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021012322. Online ahead of print. Abstract: There is a critical […]
Kline’s media campaign for vaccinating pregnant women
Many of our faculty and staff in the department and at University of Iowa Health Care have been quick to add another role, public advocate, to their educator-researcher-clinician roles over the course of the pandemic. We have always responded to requests for interviews, serving as experts on everything from updated colonoscopy screening guidelines to the […]
Loss and resilience
Make no mistake, we have been facing a lot of hard days. Recent losses of faculty members, losses by department colleagues of parents, and even the loss of children have reminded us all of our fragility and the quickness with which our whole world can change. But in our grief, we are reminded of the […]
Women in Medicine in 2021
Earlier this year, for Women’s History Month, we asked faculty members to tell us about a woman in medicine who inspired them. With Women in Medicine month drawing to a close, we recognize several inspiring women faculty members within our own institution and their recent achievements. Martha Carvour, MD, PhD, assistant professor in Infectious Diseases, […]
58th Annual Medical Student Research Conference Award Winners
The Carver College of Medicine has sponsored a Research Week for nearly six decades, the most recent of which took place on September 15 and 16. With 64 oral presentations, 141 poster presentations, and a keynote, the college celebrates the research that our medical students conduct and refine in a multitude of ways. Recognizing excellence among the […]
Online presentation: Eye Protection, PPE Use, and COVID-19 Update – September 23, 2021
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, September 23 will be: Necessity of Eye Protection for COVID-19 Eli Perencevich, MD, MS, Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine PPE Use and Healthcare Worker Self-contamination Loreen Herwaldt, MD, Professor, Division of Infectious Disease COVID-19 Update Daniel Diekema, MD, MS, Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases […]
Grumbach named Daum Professor
Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, has been appointed to the Kate Daum Professorship, which recognizes outstanding women scientists at the University of Iowa. This position is endowed by the Carver College of Medicine in honor of Kate Daum, PhD, who directed the UI Nutrition Department for nearly thirty years and was a […]
Celebrating the many successes of Endocrinology’s members
In the most recent rankings released by US News & World Report, and for the first time, University of Iowa Health Care was listed among the “high performing” institutions in the nation and #1 in Iowa for its adult diabetes and endocrinology care. This was not why the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism gathered in […]
Prospective correlation between the patient microbiome with response to and development of immune-mediated adverse effects to immunotherapy in lung cancer
Article: Prospective correlation between the patient microbiome with response to and development of immune-mediated adverse effects to immunotherapy in lung cancer Authors: Justin Chau, Meeta Yadav, Ben Liu, Muhammad Furqan, Qun Dai, Shailesh Shahi, Arnav Gupta, Keri Nace Mercer, Evan Eastman, Taher Abu Hejleh , Carlos Chan, George J Weiner, Catherine Cherwin, Sonny T M […]