Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA, is a runner. He’s up early every morning, jogging several miles to start his day.Running is an apt metaphor for what it takes to lead an academic medical center: commitment, discipline, stamina, coordination and balance, and the ability to adjust to prevailing headwinds.Jackson joined the University of Iowa in late November 2017 as vice president for medical affairs and…

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed that an Eastern Iowa resident who recently returned from travel to West Africa tested positive for Lassa fever, a viral illness not commonly seen in the United States but known in other parts of the world. UI Health Care’s dedicated faculty and staff recently cared for this patient in our Special Pathogen Unit, which is a…

Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, has been named director of University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. He will begin his new role on Oct. 1. Burkard will also serve as professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation in the Carver College of Medicine. Burkard currently serves as the Mary and Rob Gooze…