Rural health care careers often start with a personal connection, and for Alec Marticoff, the decision to pursue medicine started at home. Growing up in Readlyn, Iowa, Marticoff saw the impact of compassionate health care when his sister Brandi was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Helping his family manage her condition sparked a lasting passion for medicine and a career dedicated to helping…

In a new study published in Science, Ksenia Krupina, PhD, working in the laboratory of Don Cleveland, PhD, at University of California San Diego, has identified a long-searched-for culprit: N4BP2, a nuclease capable of breaking chromosomes inside cancer cells. Krupina will join University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center in February 2026 as an assistant professor of…

A glow-germ experiment at age 11 sparked MaryTherese (MT) Gehrmann’s fascination with science.

Since 2013, the NIH NeuroBioBank (NBB) has catalyzed scientific discovery through the centralization of resources aimed at the collection and distribution of human post-mortem brain tissue to understand conditions of the nervous system.

From Holstein in northwest Iowa to rural Storm Lake clinics, Jacob Kliegl’s path to physical therapy has been shaped by family, persistence, and purpose. An Iowa State University graduate who earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Kliegl reflects on finding his passion for patient care, balancing graduate school with…

Sarah Beattie, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics-infectious diseases, at University of Iowa Health Care, and her team, are using high-throughput drug screening against the most common disease-causing mold, Aspergillus fumigatus, to identify new treatments.

Isabelle Bennett shares the experience at University of Iowa Health Care that convinced her to become a physical therapist and how impactful her work can be on patients preparing to leave the hospital.

From Arvada, Colorado, to Iowa City, physician assistant (PA) student Noah Vasquez has taken an unconventional and inspiring path into medicine.

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,…