Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, MD, PhD, professor of Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and partnering with Gail Bishop, PhD, professor of Microbiology and Immunology and of Internal Medicine, earned a four-year, $1.52M grant from the US Department of Defense. Zhan also received a one-year, $20,000 grant from Iowa’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center for a similar project. Zhan and Bishop’s proposed research predicts that anti-CD24 […]
The Department of Internal Medicine would like to introduce our newest members who joined in the months of January-April 2019 (start dates in parentheses). We are pleased to welcome them to the department. Anjana Aggarwal, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor (4-15-19) Dr. Anjana Aggarwal joined the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology as a Clinical Assistant […]
Article: TMEM16B determines cholecystokinin sensitivity of intestinal vagal afferents of nodose neurons Authors: Runping Wang, Yongjun Lu, Michael Z. Cicha, Madhu V. Singh, Christopher J. Benson, Christopher J. Madden, Mark W. Chapleau, and François M. Abboud Journal: JCI Insight. 2019 Mar 7;4(5). pii: 122058 Abstract: The satiety effects and metabolic actions of cholecystokinin (CCK) have […]
Ryan Boudreau, PhD, assistant professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, was awarded a five-year, $1.9M NIH R01. This funding will support Boudreau’s further investigation of the cardiovascular effects of a genetic variant in SCN5A, the gene that encodes the Nav1.5 sodium channel that provides the required electrical activity to initiate each heartbeat. In a former study, Boudreau’s […]
The below is a post written by Daniel Diekema, MD, MS, director, Division of Infectious Diseases. In our division, we prize cross-disciplinary collaborations and work closely with internists, health services researchers, microbiologists, endocrinologists, epidemiologists, surgeons, and a variety of other specialists in the cause of better understanding infectious diseases and preventing their spread. We do […]
The choice to pursue a career in academic medicine is not an easy one. Last weekend, I participated in the annual joint meeting of the Association of American Physicians, the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Physician Scientist Association. All of the keynote and presidential addresses independently, but passionately, spoke to the importance […]
On April 4, two Internal Medicine residents blazed a trail into a new arena when they delivered an entire session of Grand Rounds on their own. Often, a resident will present the initial facts of a case during a clinical pathology conference, followed by a pathologist who may or may not be a trainee, but […]
In a little lodge beside a peaceful pond in Coralville’s North Park on a sunny Saturday, a couple dozen clinicians and researchers in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine gathered to listen to presentations from first- and second-year cardiovascular fellows and one second-year internal medicine resident. As associate program director of the cardiology fellowship program, Kaiko […]
Article: Combined FEV1 and FVC Bronchodilator Response, Exacerbations, and Mortality in COPD Authors: Spyridon Fortis, Alejandro Comellas, Barry J Make, Craig P Hersh, Sandeep Bodduluri, Dimitris Georgopoulos, Victor Kim, Gerard J Criner, Mark T Dransfield, and Surya P Bhatt Journal: Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Mar 25. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201809-601OC. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract: RATIONALE: […]
The following is a statement from Residency Program Director Dr. Manish Suneja. It is with great pride that I announce the 2020-21 Chief Residents for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Chief Residents are chosen for their leadership skills, moral integrity, and clinical acumen and are the most representative faces of the Internal Medicine Residency […]