May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as we near the end of the month, it is an important time to reflect on the essential role that mental well-being plays — not only in the lives and health of our patients, but also within ourselves and our teams. Mental health impacts every corner of our […]
View and download your Photo Booth photos here! (HawkID login required) In a department as large as Internal Medicine, getting as many people together for one big celebration is a challenge, but one worth taking on every year. Earlier this week more than half of the department’s nearly 1,500 members passed through the MERF Atrium […]
For more than a quarter-century, the Division of Infectious Diseases has presented an annual symposium for area clinicians on the latest diagnostics and treatments for the most pressing and recurrent conditions they will encounter. The day’s presentation delivered earlier this month at a downtown Iowa City conference center continued the tradition in its 26th year. […]
The Faculty/Fellows as Clinician Educators (FACE) program meets once a month throughout an academic year. Its goal is to offer practical skills in a small-group, mentored setting for Internal Medicine fellows and faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine interested in improving their abilities as teachers and trainers. [Review this year’s curriculum and schedule.] […]
Monday is Memorial Day, what many consider the start of the summer season. I’m thrilled to experience my first Iowa summer. Everyone tells me that summer is the reward for winter, which sets the bar pretty high! I think their predictions will bear out, though, based on what I have seen so far of spring. […]
On Thursday, May 22, Stephen McGowan, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, was formally presented with the 5th annual DiBona Academics in Service of ICVA Veterans Award. As part of the presentation, McGowan delivered the annual DiBona Award Lecture, “Connecting Networks in the Thorax, Fibroblast, and […]
Article: RORγt Mediates Angiotensin II-Induced Pressor Responses, Microglia Activation, and Neuroinflammation by Disrupting the Blood-Brain Barrier in Rats Authors: Yang Yu, Baojian Xue, Lei Tong, Alexander G Bassuk, Alan K Johnson, Shun-Guang Wei Journal: J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Mar 4;14(5):e040461 Abstract: Background: The RORγt (nuclear receptor retinoid-related orphan receptor γt) has been identified as […]
Last week, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine held an open house at nearby Bump’s restaurant to say thank-you and farewell to Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, who has called their division home in her years with UI Health Care. Colleagues both from within the division and her research lab attended, as well as those she worked […]
The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism has sponsored a lecture series named in honor of Thomas O’Dorisio, MD, an international leader in neuroendocrine tumor treatment and research and a beloved colleague. Each invitation to a visiting professor to deliver the named lecture is an opportunity to demonstrate O’Dorisio’s impact globally and for the division to […]
Since 1990, rheumatologists in the Department of Internal Medicine have organized a day-long medical education symposium for area clinicians to connect and learn about the latest research and treatments available in their subspecialty. Now at 35, the Iowa Rheumatology Symposium is as vital as ever with dozens of attendees from the region and across the […]