Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, September 1, 2022, will be: COVID-19: Outpatient Treatments 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, September 1, 2022 Dilek Ince, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Patrick Kinn, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, University of Iowa Health Care Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the […]
The following is reprinted from the August 29 issue of the Holden Highlights newsletter. Laila Babar, MBBS, attended Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. She is currently a third-year Hematology Oncology fellow at the University of Iowa. Laila’s cousin died of cancer the year she was born, and she saw first-hand how long-lasting and devastating the effects of cancer can […]
Article: COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Intentions Following US Food and Drug Administration Approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Authors: Aaron M Scherer, Andrew M Parker, Courtney A Gidengil, Amber M Gedlinske, Natoshia M Askelson, Christine A Petersen, Megan C Lindley Journal: JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jun 1;182(6):678-680 Abstract: This survey study assesses vaccination intentions of […]
If you are like me, you have been thinking about what qualities make someone a good leader this week, or maybe just more than usual. On Monday and yesterday, we had the opportunity to hear from two of the finalists who may become the next vice president for medical affairs and the dean of the […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to introduce some of the faculty members who joined us in July 2022. The group below have joined the Division of General Internal Medicine; new faculty from other divisions will be announced in the coming weeks. We are happy to welcome them to the department. Matthew Becker, MD […]
We are proud to present the incoming Intern Class of 2022. We wanted to take the opportunity to go a little past the names and faces and learn a couple things about them. We asked them each to tell us about why they chose Internal Medicine at Iowa for their residency. And, now that they […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, August 25, 2022, will be: Busting 75 Years of ID Myth: Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Osteomyelitis, Bacteremia, and Endocarditis 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, August 25, 2022 Brad Spellberg, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join […]
Frank Faraci, PhD, professor in Cardiovascular Medicine and of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, has been tapped to co-lead an international research network by the Leducq Foundation. Each year since 2003, the organization has named four or five new “Networks of Excellence” composed of researchers from around the world. The seven labs that comprise Faraci’s International Network of Excellence on […]
Effective September 1, Sherry Mattison will be the Executive Assistant to Interim Chair & DEO Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, a position most recently held by Stacie Vik. In this role, Mattison will manage the Chair’s office, overseeing a number of essential administrative functions in addition to providing some support to the department’s executive leadership team. […]
Article: Vitamin D-mediated effects on airway innate immunity in vitro Authors: Emma M Stapleton, Kathy Keck, Robert Windisch, Mallory R Stroik, Andrew L Thurman, Joseph Zabner, Ian M Thornell, Alejandro A Pezzulo, Julia Klesney-Tait, Alejandro P Comellas Journal: PLoS One. 2022 Jun 6;17(6):e0269647 Abstract: Introduction: Vitamin D supplementation has been suggested to enhance immunity during […]