Six new projects cutting across multiple colleges at the University of Iowa will be funded by the Seeding Excellence Initiative, a targeted pilot project program managed by the UI’s Research Development Office. Two department faculty members have significant roles in two of those projects. These 18-month, $47,000 grants will allow the research teams the opportunity […]
The following is reprinted from the February 6 issue of the UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Holden Highlights newsletter. See other features from this series. Muhammad Furqan, MD, clinical associate professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, has been appointed Interim Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC). […]
Muhammad Furqan, MD, associate professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation and leader of the Thoracic Multidisciplinary Oncology Group at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC), has received a 2020 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA) from the National Cancer Institute. This two-year, $119,982 award recognizes Furqan’s passion, advocacy, and hard work […]
Out of a consideration for time, Lois Geist, MD, associate dean for Faculty Affairs and Development, said that she would keep her descriptions of member successes brief. But, she made clear, that brevity in no way should diminish the hard work and tremendous achievements of those being honored that afternoon. Unlike the celebration of the […]