John Buckner is a first-year physician assistant student in the Class of 2024. He shares his thoughts on what led him to the PA profession and what has helped him frame his goals for the future.

Investigators for the selected projects receive $100,000 in funding from the Office of Health Parity and the Office of the Vice President of Medical Affairs.

Hailey Zillig of Dubuque, Iowa, graduated from the UI Carver College of Medicine with a Master of Clinical Nutrition in May 2023. Learn a little about Hailey, her path to nutrition science, and what she'll do next.

Bryan Allen, MBA, MD, PhD, has been appointed chair and departmental executive officer (DEO) of the Department of Radiation Oncology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine begining on July 1, 2023.

Meet Sofiya Pisarenka, a student of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Biomedical Science Program in Molecular Medicine from Minsk, Belarus.

Denise J. Jamieson, the James Robert McCord Professor and Chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. She will begin Aug. 1.

Designation highlighted during department’s 85th anniversary symposium

Meet Misty Perez, a student of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Biomedical Science Program in Molecular Medicine from Whittier, California.

Graduates of the Carver College of Medicine and their families and friends are invited to the college’s spring 2023 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12.