For nearly 150 years, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has helped organize and standardize medical education in this country. That longevity gives them a unique vantage point to track and report on trends. One trend they have been watching is the growing number of women becoming physicians. Just 6 years ago the number […]
For more than two decades, Colleen Campbell, PhD, MS, LGC, clinical associate professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, has carved out a few days every fall to attend the largest human genetics meeting in the world. The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting is held in a major US or Canadian city every year, attracting […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce that Dominica Rehbein, MHA, MPH, PMP, has been appointed as the Division Administrator for the Division of Hospital Medicine, effective October 27. Rehbein holds Master of Health Administration and Master of Public Health in Health Policy degrees from the University of Iowa and is a certified […]
Article: Sex and body size disparities under MELD 3.0: Evaluation of persisting gaps in liver transplant access Authors: Tomohiro Tanaka, Dan M Shane, Jennifer C Lai Journal: Hepatology. 2025 Oct 16. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001581. Online ahead of print Abstract: Background: The July 2023 implementation of MELD3.0 aimed to address longstanding sex disparities in liver transplant (LT) […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to introduce some of the newest members, most of whom joined us between July and September 2025 (start dates in parentheses). We are happy to welcome them to the department. Abdullah Abbasi, MBBS – Clinical Assistant Professor – Gastroenterology and Hepatology (6/26/25) Dr. Abdullah Abbasi earned his MBBS […]
Renata Pereira Alambert, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, has received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. The grant will fund Pereira’s research project “Adipose Tissue-Heart Crosstalk in Cardiovascular Disease.” Cardiovascular disease remains the […]
Because the Department of Internal Medicine at UI Health Care recognizes that the only constant in medicine is change, part of its mission is communicating new discovery to peer clinicians throughout the region. For decades, medical professionals have gathered to explain and explore updates in diagnosis and treatment in one of our oldest continuing medical […]
As waiting lists for lung transplants grow, so does the demand for robust and trustworthy transplant programs in the United States. Since opening in 2007, University of Iowa Health Care’s lung transplant program has served as a successful model for institutions’ transplant services nationwide. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) recently validated this tradition […]
Article: Occupational Health and Safety on the Chopping Block — What’s at Stake? Authors: Andrew T. Gabrielson, MD and Claudia Corwin, MD, MPH Journal: N Engl J Med 2025;393:1353-1355 Excerpt: In an era of labor shortages and rising workplace-injury costs, the U.S. government has taken steps to dismantle the bedrock research agency charged with safeguarding […]
The following is an abridged and edited transcript of the October 16, 2025, Quarterly Department Update. To view the entire presentation, click here (hawkid login required). We’ve done a number of these over the last year and so we’re going to talk a little bit about where we’ve been for the last year because my […]