Physical inactivity is a risk factor for several chronic diseases, especially among older adults. Conversely, engaging in regular physical activity reduces the risk for these chronic diseases and has been known to improve cognitive function, physical function and quality of life among older adults.

KL2 scholar Jordan Schultz and his research team receive an Accelerator Grant from the Iowa Neuroscience Institute to support high-impact neuroscience research.

Boyd Knosp, MS, has been awarded the designation of Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).

Congratulations to Maran Subramain, PhD, on being selected to receive a competitive travel scholarship to attend the American Evaluation Association (AEA) conference.

Nancy Humbles, current Stakeholder Advisory Board member, will be inducted into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame.

Nick Trapp, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and recent M.S. in Translational Biomedicine graduate, shares study he is conducting on the brain with the hopes that the study could eventually provide treatment for certain disorders.

Marlan Hansen, MD, professor of otolaryngology and neurosurgery, has been selected to serve a two-year term as chairperson of the Auditory System Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science will host a free 5-session seminar on Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses.

Patients with severe traumatic brain injuries have high mortality rates and poor long-term outcomes. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been recognized as a possible way to offset the lack of oxygen available due to an acute brain injury by introducing supplemental HBO before cellular energy failure occurs.