Articles from 2025

Fleege recognized with dual career development awards

Nicole Fleege, MD has received the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Award Program Career Development Award, along with a VISN23 Career Development Award from the Veterans Administration.

Barber named MICU Medical Director

Desmond Barber, MD, MME, has been named the MICU’s next Medical Director.

Campbell chairs ASHG annual meeting

The American Society of Human Genetics invited Colleen Campbell, PhD, MS, LGC, clinical associate professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, to serve as Vice Program Committee Chair in 2024 and Chair for 2025.

Pereira receives Carver Trust grant to investigate interplay between adipose tissue and heart health

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

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

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

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

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

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.