How Simmering turns healthcare data into better care
A diagnosis often marks the moment a disease becomes visible to clinicians, but the disease itself may have been developing for years. Jacob Simmering, PhD,…
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Integrated care model improves hepatitis C treatment access for people with substance use disorder
Andrea Weber, MD, has seen firsthand how separating addiction treatment from other medical care can create obstacles for patients. A new study co-authored by the…
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VHA National Telehospitalist Program renewed with three-year funding
What started as a pilot serving a rural Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Wisconsin has expanded to 15 more sites across 11 states…
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Midwest Critical Care Fellows Ultrasound Symposium, 2026
Ten is a nice round number. It represents the number of times that the University of Iowa’s Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine…
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Uveal melanoma clinical trial doubles five-year survival rate
University of Iowa Health Care has developed a strong apparatus for researching and treating a rare and highly fatal cancer called uveal melanoma. One of…
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The “support” in supportive and palliative care
For Bryan Struck, MD, director of the Supportive and Palliative Care Program at University of Iowa Health Care, the heart of palliative care isn’t about…
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Internal Medicine Honor Roll: June 2026
Below are those named to this month’s Internal Medicine Honor Roll—an employee recognition program where team members (clinicians, researchers, educators, trainees, staff, etc.) can recognize…
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Ross-Shapiro selected as Leonard Tow Humanism Award recipient
The University of Iowa’s chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recently held its annual spring celebration. There, Evelyn Ross-Shapiro, MD, MPH, was recognized with the Leonard Tow…
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How humanism shapes Internal Medicine care, community
UI Health Care Rheumatologist Brittany Bettendorf, MD, MFA, said that, while growing up, her mom often told her that if she could write well, she could do…
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Corwin receives the Alice Hamilton Award for excellence in occupational medicine
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, an industrial medicine physician named Alice Hamilton raised public consciousness about worker health and safety through her practice…
