Last weekend’s Kids Go STEM event on the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine campus attracted 138 students from 21 Iowa counties. Since 2012, UI Health Care STEM education programs have engaged nearly 200,000 students, including many from rural or underrepresented groups in Iowa.Kids Go STEM, a free program that aims to spark middle schoolers’ interest in science, technology,…

UI psychiatrist Susan Shen attributes her winning a $2.3 million Avenir Award to a supportive department and a “bold” grant proposal.

A groundbreaking initiative to improve lung cancer screening rates in Iowa has received a major boost with support from Eli Lilly and Company. The community pharmacy-based study is aimed at reaching thousands of at-risk Iowans.

For physician assistant (PA) student Clare Dunne, the path to graduation included more than lectures, labs, and clinical rotations—it included surviving brain cancer, stepping away from school for a year, and returning stronger than ever.

A rare and life-threatening kidney disease in children finally has an effective therapy, thanks in large part to pioneering research and clinical leadership from University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The disease, known as C3 glomerulopathy (C3G), is an ultra-rare condition that primarily affects children and young adults. Only around 5,000 Americans have C3G, which…

University of Iowa Health Care researchers have developed a tiny drug-delivery device that could offer patients with bladder cancer a less invasive and less time-consuming way to receive treatment.

For more than 35 years at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Val C. Sheffield, MD, PhD, has inspired those around him — not just through groundbreaking discoveries in genetics but through kindness, curiosity, and generosity.

If you live in Iowa, you’ve probably seen news stories about cancer in our state. The headlines can be upsetting — cancer rates are rising, and people are trying to figure out why. But there’s good news, too. Right now, more people and organizations than ever before are working together to fight cancer in Iowa. Across the state, teams are following a strong action plan created by the Iowa Cancer…

Growing up in Hopkinton, Iowa, Andrea Fjelstul-Bonert saw firsthand how gaps in rural health care affect families. Now, as a CRISP scholar and family medicine resident, she’s working to close them.