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Patricia Winokur, MD (88R, 91F), executive dean of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and co-director—with Jeff Murray, MD, professor of pediatrics—of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) at the UI, is widening the understanding at both ends of the bench-to-bedside continuum.
University of Iowa leaders announced the renewal of a $21 million grant of a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Faculty and staff in the UI Carver College of Medicine, the UI...
Recent changes in federal policy and regulatory requirements are driving the need to develop systems to support a new single IRB (sIRB) review model for multi-site research. The University of Iowa and Washington University in St. Louis were awarded a grant from the NIH to co-develop myProject.
Are you concerned about the opioid epidemic in Iowa and across our nation? Imagine a rare opportunity to meet and engage with other scholars and researchers from across our campus – economics, public health, policy, history, marketing, liberal arts, anthropology, education, law, medicine, and many more – to envision bold approaches to tackle one of society’s most pressing health crises.
Since the adoption of TriNetX, UI Health Care was provided access to over 40 clinical trial opportunities from bio-pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations (CROs) on the network.
The University of Iowa is now part of the Myotonic Dystrophy Clinical Research Network thanks to Laurie Gutmann, associate director of workforce development, and her experience in neuromuscular disease clinical trials and studies.
Clara Loter is a senior at the University Of Iowa College Of Nursing. She just finished her honors student project, which involved her working in the Clinical Research Unit with the clinical research nurses and research study coordinators.
The University of Iowa is among nine institutions that were collectively awarded a five-year $25M grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) to create a new CTSA Program National Center for Data to Health (CD2H).
Faculty from the Greater Plains Collaborative Iowa Research Center, located in the University of Iowa (UI) Department of Epidemiology’s Health Effectiveness Research Center in collaboration with the UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Biomedical Informatics Core, have received funding from PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, to perform rapid-cycle research on cancer molecular targeted therapies.
Dr. Joel Kline, Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, has accepted my offer to fill the newly created position of Vice Chair for Clinical Strategy for the Department of Internal Medicine.