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NanoKnife procedure offers new hope to pancreatic cancer patients in Iowa
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
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
Dr. Kristina Guyton, MD, shares advice for all ages as well as treatment options, KCRG reports.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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.
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
Join the Movement: National Burn Awareness Week #NBAW Focuses on
Safer Living Spaces, February 2–8, 2025
Dr Samuel Jones appointmented as the Clara Smith Clinical Professor in Burn Treatment
Friday, January 10, 2025
This position was established to help promote and recognize Dr. Jones' outstanding academic achievements and contributions to the College.
Upcoming UI Carver College of Medicine Events

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Bo Chen, PhD
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
REDCap Basic Training
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
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...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar: Serena Dudek, PhD
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Insights into hippocampal function from studies on synaptic plasticity in area CA2Serena M. Dudek, PhDSenior Investigator and Acting Chief, Neurobiology LaboratoryNational Institute of Environmental Health, NIH

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Brittany Todd
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:00am
Brittany Todd is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, as well as a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program. Her research has been with Drs. Alexander Bassuk and Elizabeth Newell'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.

Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
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 NOTEClass will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the...

Hardin Open Workshops: EMBASE (Zoom)
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics.PLEASE NOTEClass will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed...
TriNetX Basic Training
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research.
After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies.
Register by clicking the virtual event link...
Welcome Reception for David Schwebel, Vice President for Research
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 4:30pm to 6:00pm
We invite you to attend a welcome reception for David Schwebel, the university's new vice president for research, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. The event will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Levitt Center for University Advancement Rotunda, located at One West Park Road in Iowa City, Iowa. Please note that brief remarks will be delivered at 5:15 p.m.

ACB Seminar Series - Eszter Vladar
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Dr. Eszter Vladar, an Associate Professor of Medicine from the University of Colorado will present a seminar titled "Ciliated Airway Epithelium: How to Make It, Break It, Then Fix It.".
REDCap Intermediate Training
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
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...