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Graduates of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and their families and friends are invited to attend the college’s spring 2024 commencement ceremonies. Share your photos and memories on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter using the hashtags #IowaMD2024 and #UIGrad2024.
The specialized neurosurgical expertise of University of Iowa physician-scientists and the generous contributions of UI Health Care neurosurgery patients who volunteer to participate in research were instrumental to new findings that reveal the sequence of brain activity involved when people evaluate risk and reward during decision-making. The study, conducted by researchers at Caltech in collaboration with the UI neurosurgery Human Brain Research Laboratory team members, reveals how neural activity within the brain enables humans to first estimate reward probabilities and then use this information to make a risk versus reward calculation when making an economic decision.
Legacy of imaging technology advancements helps unlock new treatment options
Clinician-researcher examines neurostimulation therapies to treat brain disorders.
Iowa research pinpoints area in the brain’s amygdala as cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
After a national search, Christian Pettker, MD, has been selected to serve as chair and department executive officer of the OBGYN department
Maddie Fortman is a second-year student in the University of Iowa Physician Assistant Studies and Services Program. She shares some of the ways she has found support during PA training and how she's learned and grown so far.
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine faculty members whose published research manuscripts have had a lasting impact on science and medicine will be honored at the college’s Wall of Scholarship dedication April 29.
A search committee has been named, starting the national search for the next Department of Surgery chair and departmental executive officer.
What is regenerative medicine? How can it help patients? What options are available? Join us today as we discuss these topics. CME credit available.