When rheumatologist Petar Lenert, MD, MSc, PhD, reflects on what brought him to UI Health Care, he has joked that he “didn’t know where Iowa was” before accepting a faculty position here. At his retirement party many years later, Lenert now insists that he couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. The Division of Immunology’s administrative team […]
Varied definitions of home—where you grew up, where your family still lives, where you spent most of your life, where you live now—can often all point to the same location. For many, particularly those whose homes have experienced history-textbook-worthy, capital-E Events, some of those definitions of home can perhaps only exist in memory. Petar Lenert, […]
An essential component of our role as academic physicians is to promote a culture of research and inquiry among our students. In addition to providing compassionate and cutting-edge care for our patients, we must also nurture our skills in the laboratory. To this end, the Carver College of Medicine hosts Medical Student Research Day, providing […]