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Colin Kenny Lab

Advancing Melanoma Research: Kenny Lab Featured in Cancer Research

Thursday, June 11, 2026
Researchers from the University of Iowa Department of Surgery and the Kenny Lab were recently featured in Cancer Research for their work advancing the understanding of uveal melanoma.
Colin Kenny UI researcher tackles rare eye cancer through novel approaches

UI researcher tackles rare eye cancer through novel approaches

Monday, June 8, 2026
Using zebrafish, UI professor Colin Kenny studies uveal melanoma to better understand how it forms and spreads — and how it can be treated. His dedication to research comes from what he calls the “sheer thrill of discovery.”
Kenny Lab 6-1-2026

Residents in research: Brandon Toliver builds a foundation in cancer discovery

Monday, June 1, 2026
Brandon Toliver, MD, a University of Iowa surgery resident, is beginning a two-year research experience in melanoma and breast cancer to support his goal of a career in surgical oncology, citing strong mentorship and a collaborative environment as key to his training.
Celebration at Field Day Brewing Co. after the completion of Surgical Research Day 2026

Research and collaboration highlighted during Surgical Research Day

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
The University of Iowa Department of Surgery brought together faculty, trainees and researchers for the 2026 Surgical Research Day, highlighting innovative work aimed at improving patient care, advancing surgical treatments and shaping the future of medicine.

Dr. Dionne Skeete recipient of 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

'C' To Believe

Friday, April 18, 2025

UIHC Kenny Lab Published in Cell-Press

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Upcoming UI Carver College of Medicine Events

Mobile Clinic — Block Party

Saturday, June 27, 2026 2:30pm to 10:30pm
TBD
Student run free medical clinic

Mobile Clinic- Columbus Junction: GAMBLE

Sunday, June 28, 2026 12:00pm to 3:00pm
St. Joseph Church
Student run free medical clinic

Mobile Clinic- DVIP Center

Sunday, July 5, 2026 1:30pm to 3:30pm
TBD
Student run free medical clinic

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 10:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:

• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating and...

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Ahmet Kuralay promotional image

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Ahmet Kuralay

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Ahmet Kuralay is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been conducted in Dr. Jon Resch's laboratories.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, July 8, 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

T...

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, July 9, 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...

Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom) promotional image

Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)

Thursday, July 9, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

What is ORCID? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications.

PLEASE NOTE

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance registration is required...

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, July 9, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC. You are invited to join us during our monthly seminar presentations. 

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, July 9, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting