Last week the Carver College of Medicine’s Office of Graduate Medical Education, which oversees residencies and subspecialty fellowships, hosted its annual Leadership Symposium. Teaching awards were presented following a short presentation. But first a research poster competition was held. More than two dozen posters were on display, and 15 of those posters were submissions from […]
Rising third-year medical student Carolina Gonzalez Bravo is the recipient of a research grant from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation. The foundation’s Grants for Emerging Researchers / Clinicians Mentorship (GERM) program is designed to nurture physician-scientist trainees across the country, particularly those from populations underrepresented in medicine. Awardees receive a stipend and […]
John Wilde, DO, clinical assistant professor in Palliative Care, has received a UIHC-CCOM Clinical and Educational Program Pilot Grant from the Carver College of Medicine. The program’s intent is for funded clinicians and educators to build data for a publication and future external grant support. With these funds, Wilde will explore clinicians’ perceptions and experiences […]
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
Article: Loss of Nf1 and Ink4a/Arf Are Associated with Sex-Dependent Growth Differences in a Mouse Model of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma Authors: Wade R Gutierrez, Jeffrey D Rytlewski, Amanda Scherer, Grace A Roughton, Nina C Carnevale, Krisha Y Vyas, Gavin R McGivney, Qierra R Brockman, Vickie Knepper-Adrian, Rebecca D Dodd Journal: Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2023 Feb […]
Raul Villacreses, MD, clinical assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, has received a K12 award from the National Institutes of Health. The K-series clinical scientist development grants are aimed at nurturing newly trained clinicians building research programs. Under the grant and the guidance of mentor Joseph Zabner, MD, Villacreses […]
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
Article: Patients’ experiences and compliance with preoperative screening and decolonization Authors: Ethan Wilson, Alexandre R Marra, Melissa Ward, Laura Chapin, Stephanie Boulden, Timothy C Ryken, Lynne C Jones, Loreen A Herwaldt Journal: Am J Infect Control. 2023 Jan;51(1):78-82 Abstract: Background: To improve adherence with pre-surgical screening for Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and decolonization, we need […]
Earlier this year I took the time to recognize and thank our department’s administrative personnel, from the department- and division-level administrators who ensure our academic missions are supported to the research administration team members who guide our researchers through the challenging wilderness of reports and resourcing that come with running a laboratory. They are all […]
As the largest department in the Carver College of Medicine and even within the University of Iowa, the Department of Internal Medicine has established college-sized administrative units and processes to manage its broad scope. Although it is still one of the leanest in terms of a faculty-to-staff ratio, there are still sizable teams enabling nine […]