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Researchers bridge molecular and neural circuit neuroscience to foster precision medicine therapies for migraines

Apr. 15, 2026 | medicineiowa.org

To take the next step in migraine research and treatment, Andrew Russo, PhD, is collaborating with a new generation of scientists who bring complementary skills and technical expertise that weren’t conceivable when he joined the UI faculty in 1988.

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Wife donates kidney to husband with UI Health Care’s first robotic living donor nephrectomy

Apr. 15, 2026 | uihc.org

Lynette Marshall and Jeffery Ford demonstrate generosity, love, and gratitude after transplant surgery at UI Health Care. In December, Ford received…

Patient Care

Ted Abel appointed president and provost distinguished fellow

Apr. 16, 2026 | now.uiowa.edu

Ted Abel, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the Roy J…

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Waverly native returns to care for the community that raised him

Apr. 10, 2026 | medicine.uiowa.edu

For Sean Westendorf, MD, practicing medicine in Waverly is more than just a job. Born and raised in the northeast Iowa community, he joined Waverly…

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Rethinking chronic disease care through nutrition science

Apr. 20, 2026 | grad.uiowa.edu

Farnoosh Shemirani, PhD, explores how nutrition can improve health outcomes for people living with neurological and metabolic diseases.

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Patient Care

UI Health Care brings multidisciplinary spina bifida care to Urbandale

Apr. 16, 2026 | uihc.org

Speaking through care: Nurse bridges language gap to help treat a patient

Apr. 08, 2026 | uihc.org

Cerebral palsy surgery helps Indianola boy gain independence

Apr. 06, 2026 | uihc.org

One nurse’s journey from the suburbs of Chicago to Iowa City

Mar. 27, 2026 | uihc.org

Research and Education

Uncovering new treatments for a rare cancer

Apr. 15, 2026 | grad.uiowa.edu

‘Healing in a bubble’: UI researcher publishes prize essay in Science

Apr. 08, 2026 | radiationoncology.medicine.uiowa.edu

Carver College of Medicine recognized in ‘Best Graduate Schools’ rankings

Apr. 07, 2026 | medicine.uiowa.edu

New fellowship aims to attract psychiatrists to Iowa

Apr. 01, 2026 | psychiatry.medicine.uiowa.edu

UI Health Care Updates

Strengthening home health services to better support patients beyond the hospital

Apr. 15, 2026

Van Beek to serve as executive medical director of ambulatory services for UI Health Care

Apr. 01, 2026

Pella native returns to Iowa to care for patients with cancer

Feb. 25, 2026

No advanced degree? No problem. Build your career at UI Health Care.

Jan. 26, 2026 | uihc.org

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