Santosh Kumar, PhD, assistant professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, was awarded a two-year, $110,000 pilot grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) to research endothelial function in relation to the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.

Keeli Frerichs was a star soccer player and avid exerciser until a heart condition sidelined her. The path back to an active lifestyle brought the St. Ambrose student to UI Health Care, home to one of the few experts in the nation who perform a new procedure to treat the condition.

Dr. Broderick has been awarded the 2023 Clinical Care and Service Award from the Iowa City VA Health Care System.

A couple years short of 30 years at the University of Iowa practicing medicine, training residents and fellows, and leading in a variety of roles, Scott Vogelgesang, MD, announced last year that he planned to retire.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the University of Iowa as one of four academic medical centers to represent the Midwest in the Heartland Consortium as part of their All of Us Research Program. Alejandro Comellas, MD and Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD will lead the UI's participation.

The Carver College of Medicine recognized Joseph Zabner, MD, with the 2023 Daryl and Nancy Granner Distinguished Mentor Award.

The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce that Chad Grueter, PhD, associate professor of Internal Medicine, has been named Vice Chair for Research, effective July 1.

Dr. Peter J. Kaboli, staff physician at the ICVA, Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Carver College of Medicine and Acting Executive Director of the VA Office of Rural Health is the recipient of the third DiBona Academics in Service of ICVA Veterans Award.

John Wilde, DO, clinical assistant professor in Palliative Care, has received a UIHC-CCOM Clinical and Educational Program Pilot Grant from the Carver College of Medicine.

Gwen Z. Beck, MD, has been awarded one of the highest distinctions the Carver College of Medicine grants, the Dr. Ernest O. Theilen Clinical Teaching and Service Award.