A study led by Spyridon Fortis, MD, PhD, MS, was published recently in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Chris Iverson has been appointed as Clinical Director of Occupational Health, effective immediately. With his extensive expertise in clinical care and a proven track record of leadership, Dr. Iverson will play a key role in continuing the advancement of services offered at the 2 Occupational Health clinical locations.

Barry London, MD, PhD, Division Director of Cardiovascular Medicine, has been invited to join the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Mentored Clinical and Basic Science Study Section (MCBS).

Hanna Zembrzuska, MD, MME and Umar Farooq, MD have joined forces to understand how chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T cell) research might be applied to develop new treatments for a range of conditions, such as autoimmune diseases.

Brian O’Neill, MD, PhD, has been named a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the most distinguished organizations for physician-scientists.

Hematology-oncology fellow Udhayvir Singh Grewal, MD presented at the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) conference recently in Chicago.

An initiative at the intersection of health care and digital technology, University of Iowa Health Care has launched a pilot program designed to improve heart failure treatment through personalized, virtual care.

Sanjana Dayal, PhD, associate professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, received a renewal on a Veterans Affairs (VA) Merit Award, which she first received in July 2020.

Katie Ries, MSW, LMSW, a social worker on the Supportive and Palliative Care team, is championing reform in Iowa’s guardianship laws to protect the rights of terminally ill patients.