Health Care

UI professor of biomedical engineering Michael Schnieders.

UI professor awarded $600K NSF grant to accelerate drug development

A University of Iowa engineering professor is developing advanced computer models aimed at accelerating the discovery of lifesaving drugs – by making it easier...
Hospital phone scam

Cedar Rapids hospitals warn of potential phone scam

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, both in Cedar Rapids, are warning the public about a potential hospitals phone scam. In a joint...
Megan Hammes of Hammes Homestead and Consulting leads a Mental Health First Aid training course for industry leaders. Ms. Hammes is leading a workshop at MERGE in Iowa City May 6 and 7.

Greater Iowa City, Inc. to host Mental Health First Aid training

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Greater Iowa City, Inc. is inviting local employers to participate in a two-day Mental Health First Aid...
AbbeHealth Abbe Center

St. Luke’s Auxiliary donates $250,000 for mental health services

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Auxiliary has gifted a quarter-million-dollars to St. Luke’s Foundation for Club 520, a peer-run mental health support group available...
Nassif Community Cancer Center

Nassif Community Cancer Center to host free cancer screening event

The Nassif Community Cancer Center, in partnership with the head and neck surgeons at Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Ear, Nose and Throat, will host...
Michael Welsh, MD, University of Iowa Gairdner Award

UI professor receives 2025 Gairdner Award for cystic fibrosis research

Dr. Michael Welsh, a longtime University of Iowa physician-scientist, has been named a 2025 recipient of the prestigious Canada Gairdner International Award for pioneering...
Suzanne Conrad Iowa Donor Network

Iowa Donor Network CEO Suzanne Conrad announces retirement

After nearly three decades serving as CEO of Iowa Donor Network, Suzanne Conrad plans to retire this year. “At this point in my life, I...

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