UIHC performing trial to reduce celiac disease symptoms
Claire Benson, News Reporter
September 24, 2020
David Elliott is currently investigating a trial drug that could help digestion for those with celiac disease, which causes an immune reaction to eating gluten. Elliott, Director of the Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, said his team is st...
University of Iowa Nursing professor Kathleen Buckwalter receives “Living Legend” honor
Samantha Murray, News Reporter
September 24, 2020
Kathleen Buckwalter, long-time University of Iowa Professor Emeritus of Nursing, was named on Aug. 18 a Living Legend by the American Nursing Association — the group’s highest honor — for excellence in decades of teaching and researching. Buckwalter completed her undergraduate degree at th...
UIHC Respiratory Illness Follow-Up Clinic helps patients with ongoing effects of COVID-19
Samantha Murray, News Reporter
September 16, 2020
The University of Iowa Respiratory Illness Follow-Up Clinic, the only COVID-19 follow-up clinic currently in Iowa, is seeking to help patients struggling with lingering effects of COVID-19 and study the long-term consequences of the virus. Set up through the UI Hospitals and Clinics, people who h...
UIHC, College of Nursing faculty inducted into American Academy of Nursing Fellows Class
Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter
September 16, 2020
The American Academy of Nursing will induct two University of Iowa nurses into its 2020 Class of Fellows later this year. UI College of Nursing Assistant Professor Barbara St. Marie and UI Hospitals and Clinics Chief Nurse Executive Cindy Dawson were selected in August to join the Academy’s fello...
Researchers use chatbots to deliver psychotherapy to help decrease opioid use
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
September 3, 2020
Researchers at the University of Iowa and University of Pennsylvania are using chatbots, an artificial intelligence software, to deliver psychotherapy to patients to cut down their opioid use after surgeries. Chris Anthony, the associate director of the Penn Hip Preservation Center at Penn Medic...
University of Iowa researchers use implant to induce bone regeneration in diabetic patients
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
September 2, 2020
Researchers at the University of Iowa are developing an implant that helps induce bone formation in patients with diabetes. Aliasger Salem, UI College of Pharmacy Bighley Chair, is using a multi-functional implant composed of insulin, Vitamin D3, bone morphogenetic protein 2, and fibroblast growt...
Vigil held in front of UIHC during week of prayer for essential workers
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
August 26, 2020
Inside the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, essential workers and caregivers are treating patients with COVID-19. Outside, the local chapter of Service Employees International Union held a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening in the memory garden to honor essential workers lost in the pande...
UIHC studies how to combat mental health struggles after derecho, amidst COVID-19
Mackenzie Koesters, News Reporter
August 26, 2020
In the aftermath of the historic derecho that swept through Iowa, many may experience increased struggles with their mental health — especially during COVID-19, where social distance isolation from loved ones can exacerbate issues. The Aug. 10 “inland hurricane” left thousands without power...
UNI student, inspired by memory of sister, works to become a doctor
Cole Krutzfield, News Reporter
August 27, 2020
One University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic volunteer, Nolan Ford who hopes to one day become like the UI doctors who attended to his sister, who died from cancer at nine years old. “My sister was about 18 months old when she was first diagnosed with cancer in her spine,” Ford said. “Ou...
Without football, Kid Captains will have to wait to take on Kinnick with the team
Rylee Wilson, News Editor
August 24, 2020
The Iowa Hawkeyes won’t be taking to the field in Kinnick Stadium in 2020, and neither will the team’s youngest leaders – its Kid Captains. The 2020 Kid Captain season will be postponed until 2021. In a news release, Pamela Johnson-Carlson, chief administrative officer of the University of Io...
University of Iowa Health Care’s graduate medical education team awarded grant to promote diversity, equity, inclusion
Cole Krutzfield, News Reporter
July 16, 2020
University of Iowa Health Care’s graduate medical education team have received a new grant to create and provide educational resources for medical providers and patients to address patterns of discrimination in the field. The grant’s team, led by Nkanyezi Ferguson, the director of diversity, equit...
UI Heart and Vascular Clinic completes 1000th TAVR surgery
Rachel Schilke, News Reporter
July 14, 2020
Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists in the University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center attribute their recent award as best in the region to the experience and collaborative nature of team members. The UI Heart and Vascular Center recently performed its 1000th transcatheter aortic valve repla...