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University of Iowa Health Care Burn Treatment Center Highlights Fire Prevention Week Battery Safety Tips

Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Fire Prevention Week Spotlight: The University of Iowa Health Care Burn Treatment Center is encouraging Iowans to practice safe lithium-ion battery charging habits to help prevent fires and burn injuries. Burn Center Director Samuel W. Jones, MD, FACS, says simple precautions such as using approved chargers, replacing damaged batteries, and monitoring devices while charging can help keep individuals and families safe.
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Lizarraga champions access to high-quality cancer care for rural Iowans

Thursday, October 1, 2026
Through initiatives like the Iowa Cancer Affiliate Network and Commission on Cancer, Ingrid Lizarraga, MBBS, FACS, is helping improve the quality of cancer care across Iowa communities.
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Alumni Corner: Tathyana Fensterer, MD, PhD

Monday, September 21, 2026
Iowa plastic surgery alumna Tathyana Fensterer, MD, PHD reflects on her training at Iowa and discusses her new role as Medical Director of Plastic Surgery at Indiana University Bloomington.
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Department of Surgery Celebrates a Banner Year of Growth, Innovation, and Achievement

Monday, September 14, 2026
The University of Iowa Department of Surgery gathered at the beginning of September for its annual State of the Department Town Hall, where Chair Dr. Vikas Dudeja reflected on the department's accomplishments over the past year and outlined a vision for continued growth in patient care, research, and education.
Anece Adam is a burn ARNP who received Patient’s Choice Award for the second year in a row.  Each year, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) recognizes providers as Patient’s Choice Awardees for their excellence in patient experience. The awardees are selected based on patient responses. Only UIHC providers with an aggregate score in the top 10% nationally were recognized.  L-R: Kip Pederson, Samuel Jones, MD; Anece Adam, ARNP; Eugene Chu, MD

Department of Surgery Providers Recognized Among Nation's Top 10% for Patient Experience

Friday, September 11, 2026
Several University of Iowa Department of Surgery providers have been recognized with 2026 Patient's Choice Awards, earning placement among the top 10% of providers nationally for patient experience based on patient survey feedback. The awards recognize providers who consistently demonstrate excellence in communication, patient-centered care, and the overall patient experience.
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Dr. Keith Named Vice Chair for Education in Department of Surgery

Thursday, August 27, 2026
After years of leadership in surgical education and resident training, Jerrod Keith, MD, has been named Vice Chair for Education in the University of Iowa Department of Surgery.
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Dr. Colin Kenny earns NIH R01 award to advance melanoma research

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Colin P. Kenny, PhD, assistant professor in the University of Iowa Department of Surgery, has been awarded a highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to support research focused on understanding how melanoma adapts and progresses.
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Growing Access, Advancing Care: The Expanding Role of General Surgery at UI Health Care Medical Center Downtown

Monday, August 17, 2026
As demand for surgical services continues to grow across eastern Iowa, University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown is expanding access to high-quality general surgery care while bringing advanced surgical technology closer to the communities it serves.

Upcoming UI Carver College of Medicine Events

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ACB Seminar Series - Joy James

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

Joy James, a Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Student in Sam Stephen's Lab will present a seminar titled "Proinflammatory Cytokines Induce Golgi Remodeling In Pancreatic Β-cells Beyond Inos-no Signaling."

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as:

Creating participants

Creating tasks and schedules

Active tasks and their unique data output

Direct messages and announcements

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.

Register by clicking the virtual event link above or by going here:  https:/...

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Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Workshop, Cobey Donelson

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Bowen Science Building

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, October 15, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training we won't use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:

Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with vlookup()

Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering

Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables

Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables

Transforming unusable data to a usable format...

Degowin Blood Drive at Medical Center University

Thursday, October 15, 2026 10:00am to 3:00pm
General Hospital
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday October 15th 2026 at the Fountain Lobby in the University Medical Center.
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Biochemistry Seminar: "Dynamic Assembly of RNA Processing Machines"

Thursday, October 15, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

"Dynamic Assembly of RNA Processing Machines"

Presented by

Aaron Hoskins, Ph.D.
Wasson Professor in Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 10/15/2026

Thursday, October 15, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
General Hospital

Quarterly Department Update

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Mobile Clinic - West Liberty

Saturday, October 17, 2026 11:00am to 2:00pm
West Liberty
Mobile Clinic
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Mobile Clinic - Broadway

Sunday, October 18, 2026 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Broadway Neighborhood Center
Mobile Clinic

BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Fall 2026, these will occur in 1117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Aug. 25: CANCELED

Sept. 1: CANCELED

Sept. 8: RESERVED

Sept. 15: Steve Guzman, PhD, Postdoc Fellow, Biomedical...