Articles from June 2013

UI-Ivy League Brain injury summit planned for July

BY ROBERT CROZIER | JUNE 28, 2013 5:00 AMCollaborative research on the impact of brain injuries sustained during athletics competition announced last year may finally begin after a summit scheduled for mid-July.The project, announced June 19, 2012, in a Big Ten press release, aims to bring together athletic programs and research capabilities from the various institutions of the Big Ten and the Ivy...

UI biomedical researcher named a 2013 Pew Scholar

By: UI Health Care Marketing and Communications | 2013.06.13 | 02:38 PM Qi Wu, assistant professor of pharmacology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been selected as a 2013 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.Wu is one of just 22 scientists nationwide to receive the prestigious four-year, $240,000 award from the Pew Charitable Trusts.Pew's scholars...