The William R. Wilson Award The 2022–23 William R. Wilson Award goes to Ioannis Kournoutas and Stephanie Saey. These two have shown exceptional accomplishment in their clinical work in Internal Medicine. The Wilson Award was created in 1982 to honor the memory of an Internal Medicine faculty member who exemplified the finest in teaching, clinical […]
Gwen Z. Beck, MD, has been awarded one of the highest distinctions the Carver College of Medicine grants, the Dr. Ernest O. Theilen Clinical Teaching and Service Award. This award, sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development, recognizes a faculty member each year who embodies the ideals Theilen exemplified in his compassion and […]
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
“These small interactions matter,” Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, wrote earlier this month. “They add up.” That Views from the Chair post focused on the impact of in-person Grand Rounds and a division retreat, but she could have just as easily been talking about a couple other events, both of which happened on the same evening […]
Article: Differential engagement of inhibitory and excitatory cardiopulmonary reflexes by capsaicin and phenylbiguanide in C57BL/6 mice Authors: Robert A Larson, Mark W Chapleau Journal: Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2023 Mar 1;324(3):R336-R344 Abstract: The Bezold-Jarisch reflex is a powerful inhibitory reflex initiated by activation of cardiopulmonary vagal nerves during myocardial ischemia, hemorrhage, and […]
Medical research is as valued a mission as clinical care and education in our department. Our decades-long record of successes and our national and international reputation for discovery in several areas speaks to the priority we give to research. Our PhD faculty members in Internal Medicine have done a terrific job in this regard. The […]
Aloha Wilks will receive a 2023 Board of Regents Staff Excellence Award. For thirty years, the Regents have recognized those staff members who have “significantly benefited The University of Iowa, brought honor or recognition to the University, and had a significant positive impact on the State of Iowa.” In her role as the Research Program […]
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
Article: Evaluation of Empirical Dosing Regimens for Meropenem in Intensive Care Unit Patients Using Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Target Attainment Analysis Authors: Guohua An, C Buddy Creech, Nan Wu, Roger L Nation, Kenan Gu, Demet Nalbant, Natalia Jimenez-Truque, William Fissell, Stephanie Rolsma, Pratish C Patel, Amy Watanabe, Nicholas Fishbane, Carl M J Kirkpatrick, Cornelia B […]
Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, received his first R01, a five-year, $3.6M award from the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Abou Alaiwa’s project will investigate the mechanisms of mucociliary transport (MCT), the continual process by which inhaled and aspirated pathogens are trapped and expelled from […]