Rock stars @ Iowa
After six years of writing a new post every two weeks, I am certainly not going to stop in my last two months. Thank you…
Views from the Chair
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Leadership transition
The below was emailed to the faculty, staff, and trainees of our department earlier today. Friends and Colleagues in the Department of Medicine: After nearly…
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Recruiting for the future
Among the many elements that recruits cite as helping them rank our residency program in the Match is being able to hear from the residents…
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Diversity will secure our future
In my last post we were near the end of Women in Medicine month and now we are right in the middle of Latinx Heritage…
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Loss and resilience
Make no mistake, we have been facing a lot of hard days. Recent losses of faculty members, losses by department colleagues of parents, and even…
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Our publications reflect who we are
Recently, the Carver College of Medicine asked department chairs to nominate up to three publications from 2020 that demonstrate excellence in research for a “Best…
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Leveraging the collaboration in our DNA
Earlier this year I was fortunate to publish a Viewpoint in the Journal of Clinical Investigation about collaborative science. I believe that my own experiences…
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Appreciating our diversity, our strength
What an honor it is to write this week’s message to you. On Tuesday next week, the Department of Internal Medicine will return to a…
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Social determinants of health, burnout and self-care
If you attended or watched last week’s Grand Rounds given by Dr. Robert Wallace from the College of Public Health, you would have learned that…
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Momentum propels the new academic year
And then, in a rush, it’s July already. Welcome to the last half of calendar 2021, the new fiscal year, and a new academic year….