News & Events
Pereira receives Carver Trust grant to investigate interplay between adipose tissue and heart health
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Renata Pereira Alambert, PhD, 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.”
Lung transplant program attains top national ranking in one-year patient survival
Monday, October 27, 2025
Iowa’s lung transplant program has maintained its national top 10 status in patient outcomes across nearly two decades and more than 300 transplants performed.
Iowa Living Human Heart Program debuts website to accelerate translational cardiovascular research
Friday, October 24, 2025
The Iowa Living Human Heart Research Program (ILHHRP) at the Carver College of Medicine enables cutting-edge research by providing investigators with living human cardiac tissue, improving the rigor and translational relevance of their studies.
Suneja inducted into ACCA
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
At the recent meeting of the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA), inn Williamsburg, Virginia, Manish Suneja, MD, became its newest member.
UI Health Care oncologists lead the way in studying new methods to enhance immune response in tumors
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
UI Health Care is leading a clinical trial that is demonstrating a completely new way of harnessing the immune system to fight cancer.
Internal Medicine faculty receive VA provider awards
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Four UI Health Care Internal Medicine faculty members received 2025 VA Provider Awards at the Iowa City VA Health Care System’s (ICVAHCS) annual all-provider meeting.
UI researchers receive grant to continue studies on rare neuroendocrine cancers
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Second NET SPORE grant at Iowa focused on translating research into improved treatments for patients
University of Iowa physician–scientist receives prestigious Lasker Award
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Michael J. Welsh, MD honored with prestigious Lasker Award for fundamental cystic fibrosis discoveries that helped create life-saving therapies.
Welsh receives Yergin-New International Prize for Biomedical Research
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has awarded its prestigious 2025 Yergin-New International Prize for Biomedical Research to Michael J. Welsh, MD, professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Occupational Medicine, recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to cystic fibrosis (CF) research.
LaBrecque awarded highest honor from World Gastroenterology Organisation
Friday, August 22, 2025
The World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) recently recognized Dr. Douglas LaBrecque’s legacy by selecting him for the Master of the WGO Award—the highest honor bestowed by the organization.
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