The following is an announcement from the Iowa City VA Health Care System. The Telehospital Medicine Program (Tele-HM Program), which has provided services since 2019 to five rural hospitals in the midwest, has been awarded $1.5 million in national funding from the Office of Rural Health to revolutionize health care access for veterans nationwide. The […]
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center released the following announcement today. The Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center is pleased to announce the results of its thirteenth round of Pilot and Feasibility Grants. These grant awards fund innovative pilot projects by early career investigators who are entering the diabetes research field, or […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the University of Iowa as one of four academic medical centers to represent the Midwest in the Heartland Consortium as part of their All of Us Research Program. Alejandro Comellas, MD, clinical professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, has been named the principal investigator of […]
Pulmonologist and critical care intensivist, Robert Blount, MD, MAS, has been awarded $50,000 through the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital’s Catalyst Pediatric Research Opportunities Fund (formerly known as the Children’s Miracle Network Fund, or CMN Fund), the highest amount that could be awarded, to study the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) on […]
The following is reprinted from the February 6 issue of the UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Holden Highlights newsletter. See other features from this series. Muhammad Furqan, MD, clinical associate professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, has been appointed Interim Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC). […]
Not every research question can be solved with a randomized control trial (RCT), which is held as the gold standard for producing the most valid and reliable results. But there are often ethical considerations or consequences that prevent their use. Researchers must instead construct other methods that can approximate an RCT. Organ transplant policies, particularly […]
Jennifer Streeter, MD, PhD, associate of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine, has received a two-year, $200,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Innovative Project Award, for her study, “Radiopaque Aptamer Dimers as Next Generation Contrast Agents.” The idea for this project arose from Streeter’s work in the cardiac catheterization lab performing coronary angiography. To diagnose and treat patients with […]
Can artificial intelligence (AI) detect and monitor empathy? Arwa Aburizik, MD, MS, clinical associate professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has been studying provider wellness and their empathy and attitudes toward the mental health of people with cancer. Previously, she has used self-reported measures and assessment, but now, armed with a pilot […]
The Iowa City VAMC has a premier training program dedicated to producing future leaders in healthcare quality and safety. The VA Quality Scholars (VAQS) program is a 2-year fellowship to train physicians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, and other clinicians in Quality, Safety, and Implementation & Health Services Research. Originally developed at the Dartmouth Institute, the VAQS […]
The below message was sent to the department from Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, Interim Chair and DEO of the Department of Internal Medicine. It is with great pleasure that I announce that Chad Grueter, PhD, associate professor of Internal Medicine, will become Vice Chair for Research, effective July 1. When I took on this role […]