News & Events

Colorectal cancer is becoming one of the most common cancers among young people, but it's still a difficult topic to talk about. Colorectal surgeon Kristina Guyton, MD, shares advice for all ages as well as treatment options, KCRG reports.

Dudeja named chair and DEO of UI Department of Surgery

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Dr. Weigel to receive SUS Lifetime Achievement Award

Thursday, February 27, 2025

The SUS is Pleased to Honor the 2024 SUS Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA

UI cancer researcher Po Hien Ear receives grant award to study rare neuroendocrine tumors

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Po Hien Ear, PhD, assistant professor of surgery, has received funding from the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) to study cancer drug resistance in small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (SBNETs).

National Burn Awareness Week

Friday, January 31, 2025

Burn Treatment Center

Join the Movement: National Burn Awareness Week #NBAW Focuses on Safer Living Spaces, February 2–8, 2025

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Upcoming UI Carver College of Medicine Events

Pain Interest Group Seminar - Stephani Sutherland, PhD

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am

Medical Education Research Facility

Science communication in pain research and society

Stephani Sutherland, PhD
Science Writer
Communications Director
Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS) Consortium
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am

Virtual

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:
• Outputting data automatically with calculated fields
• Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection
• Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags
• Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts
• And more

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Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Christian Candler

Thursday, March 5, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am

Bowen Science Building

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, March 5, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am

Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys

Manually and automatically sending surveys

Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms

Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of surveys in...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. David Kast

Thursday, March 5, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am

Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Organelle Dynamics in Metabolism and Immunity

David Kast, PhD
WashU Medicine

Faculty Host: Kris DeMali, PhD

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 3/5/2026

Thursday, March 5, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm

General Hospital

Toxicology Grand Rounds by Josh Trebach, MD

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Workshop - Ruiqi Lyu (Strack Lab) and Zhuo Zhen (Tucker Lab)

Thursday, March 5, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Medical Education Research Facility

Inhibitory Circuit Development and Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Ruiqi Lyu
Pharmacology Graduate Student
Dr. Stefan Strack's Lab

Exploring cellular models for Nf1-associated optic pathway glioma
Zhuo Zhen
Pharmacology Graduate Student
Dr. Budd Tucker's Lab

Skills for Educators Workshop: Coaching for the Health Professions

Friday, March 6, 2026 8:30am to 11:30am

University of Iowa Health Care University Campus

Join us to explore different models for coaching in health professions education, why coaching works, and how you can incorporate coaching practices into your teaching.

Teens Go STEM! 2026

Saturday, March 7, 2026 8:30am to 12:30pm

Medical Education Research Facility

Free educational program for students in grades 9–12

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, March 9, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm

Carver Biomedical Research Building

Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!

This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.

Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.