23rd Annual Update in Infectious Diseases, 4/22/2022
Three years have passed since the last in-person version of this Continuing Medical Education conference hosted by the Division of Infectious Diseases. That year, 2019,…
Infectious Diseases
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Streit named Interim Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases
I am pleased to announce that Judy Streit, MD, clinical professor of internal medicine, has accepted the role of Interim Director for the Division of…
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Kobayashi finds, treats extremely rare fungal infection
Fungal periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) are essentially unheard of, contributing to only 1% of PJIs. Because they are so rare, fungal PJIs can be hard…
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Infectious Diseases T32 grant renewed for 6th time
A mark of a strong research institution is not just the discoveries it produces. It must also make investments into the sustainability of science across…
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Contamination of healthcare workers’ hands with E. coli and Klebsiella species after routine patient care: a prospective observational study
Article: Contamination of healthcare workers’ hands with E. coli and Klebsiella species after routine patient care: a prospective observational study Authors: Mireia Puig-Asensio MD PhD,…
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Hospital responses to Ebola reviewed
From 2014 to 2016, more than 28,000 cases of Ebola were reported in West African countries Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This highly infectious disease…
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21st Annual Update in Infectious Diseases, 4/26/19
It is rare for a CME event to have connections to a number of other events happening around the university and Iowa City community, but…
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Updates from the Division of Infectious Diseases
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…
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TelePrEP Receives $2M CDC Grant
“Getting preventive medicine of any kind should not be a burden to anyone,” Dr. Michael Ohl, Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, said. For about a…
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Highlights from the 20th Annual Update in Infectious Diseases
This year’s well-attended conference struck a balance between broad-interest topics for the larger group and more narrowly focused ones for smaller groups. In the morning,…
