Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) has awarded Samuel Stephens, PhD, associate professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, a three-year research grant totaling up to $750,000 for the project, Role of β-cell Golgi dysfunction in Type 1 diabetes pathogenesis.

James B. Ray, PharmD was among the nominees for the 2024 Ben Pardini Interdisciplinary Teaching Award.

Manasa Nayak, PhD, research assistant professor in Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, was a finalist for the American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) Kenneth M. Brinkhous Early Career Investigator Prize in Thrombosis.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Christopher Strouse, MD, received the 2023 Donald D. Dorfman Award for lymphoma research in the amount of $25,000 for his authorship of Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life of Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Patients and Nontransplant Patients With Aggressive Lymphoma: A Prospective Cohort Analysis.

University of Iowa Health Care welcomed four new medical directors this month who will serve as clinical team leaders and be responsible for aligning their area with hospital initiatives.

Heather Reisinger, PhD, professor in General Internal Medicine and the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) Associate Director of Engagement, Integration, and Implementation, is joining the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) as a liaison between ICTS and HCCC.

Eli Perencevich, MD, MS, has been named the editor in chief of JAMA Network Open. Perencevich is the associate chair for clinical and health services research and professor of internal medicine, and the director of the Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) at the Iowa City VA Medical Center.

Loreen Herwaldt, MD, will lead a team of researchers in a collaborative study funded through a Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) pilot grant. The team will audit the patient experience during the breast cancer diagnostic period, from the initial screening mammogram through initial treatment following a positive diagnosis, whether treatment is surgery or chemotherapy.

Steven Mickelsen, MD, an assistant professor in the Carver College of Medicine, founded Farapulse, Inc. in 2012 to further expand his novel approaches to treating Afib.

Peter J. Kaboli, MD, MS, has been appointed Executive Director (ED), Office of Rural Health (ORH) within the Office of Patient Care Services (PCS), Veterans Health Administration, effective January 14, 2024.