Last month at the meeting of the Iowa Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), David Stoltz, MD, PhD, was presented with the chapter’s Hero of Hope Award. This annual recognition honors individuals who support the organization’s missions with exemplary dedication. Stoltz is the director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, […]
Santosh Kumar, PhD, assistant professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, was awarded a two-year, $110,000 pilot grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) to research endothelial function in relation to the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Earlier studies have demonstrated that the CFTR gene is present in endothelial cells and that it affects barrier function. Disruption […]
Last week in Oceanside, California, the strength of the Iowa bond was visible. The setting was the location for a Physician Scientist Career Development Retreat hosted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), a longtime partner of the Lung Biology Research program at Iowa. Specifically, the CFF’s Career Development Committee organized the two-day event for late-stage […]
Second-year Pulmonary and Critical Care Disease fellow Luis Vargas Buonfiglio, MD, has received a one-year, $100,000 clinical fellowship from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to expand his research into identifying clear biomarkers of bronchiectasis resulting from cystic fibrosis (CF). Bronchiectasis is distinguished by scarred and dilated airways in the lungs and can occur in as many […]
Four years have passed since the last time this group of cystic fibrosis (CF) clinicians and researchers last met. They had much to discuss about the changes in the landscape since 2018, beyond even the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A far broader range of people diagnosed with CF have seen the approval of more […]
Sponsored by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the 33rd North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) was held in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month. A number of members of the research program at the University of Iowa made the trip. This included faculty in the adult and pediatric pulmonary divisions, a pediatric endocrinologist, study nurses, pathologists, microbiologists, […]
Providers at University of Iowa Health Care learned this week that they have earned continued accreditation from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). The CFF establishes a standard of care based on guidelines developed with leading experts and based on peer-reviewed evidence and research. By adhering to those guidelines, establishing meaningful quality improvement, and undergoing a […]