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Although Lanzhou, China, is about as far away from Iowa City as a person can travel — 6,975 miles, to be exact — that distance did not stop graduating senior Zhiting “Jack” Feng from traveling to the UI to study biochemistry and ethics & public policy (along with a minor in chemistry and certificate in clinical & translational science).
What do zebrafish and dance in the 1940s have in common? Both have been the objects of research by our Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science student Mikaela Mallin.
The Research Development Office, a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research, will host a Research Services Fair on April 11, 3:00-6:00pm, in the Mediacom Outdoor Room of the Kinnick Press Box.
Once a week, Ben Schussler boards a plane and comes to UI Hospitals & Clinics for his experimental treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). This clinical trial is testing whether a new therapy will change the progression of DMD.
Members of our Biomedical Informatics Core have been published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science for their research IT maturity models.
The NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course (CTMC) is accepting applications for the 2019 cohort. The goal of CTMC is to help investigators develop scientifically rigorous, yet practical clinical trial protocols. The focus is on investigators who have not previously designed their own prospective, interventional clinical trials.
The UI Office of the Vice President for Research and ISU’s Office of the Vice President for Research will provide seed funds to support UI and ISU researchers in developing innovative, ambitious, interdisciplinary programs that have the potential to advance both institutions’ research profiles, as well as lead to sponsored funding from government agencies, corporations, and/or foundations.
Over the past year, TriNetX has become an integral tool for conducting clinical research at the University of Iowa. TriNetX allows our users to collaborate, enhance their study design, accelerate the patient recruitment process, and bring new therapies to market faster. To honor our most frequent...
Ashlee Wilson may not be working at a research bench, but she assists in her own way as the main service lead for TriNetX—training hundreds of faculty, staff, and students during the past year in this new technology.
Our exhibit showcases how research is translated into health care through translational science. Translational science is the never-ending cycle of innovation and discovery that seeks solutions to improve the world’s health concerns.