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Members of the UI Health Care Addiction and Recovery Collaborative (ARC) meet with staff at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton on Thursday, April 9, 2026.

Mobile clinic expands addiction care in rural Iowa

Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Sara Epstein Moninger
UI Health Care

Improv therapy group helps OCD patients navigate uncertainty

Monday, August 10, 2026
Michael Anderson

UI ARC Hands Out Almost 2K Naloxone at Hinterland

Monday, August 10, 2026
University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry

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Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Alexa Sheehan

Monday, November 2, 2026 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Alexa Sheehan is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Rebecca Dodd's laboratory.

If you are not able to attend in person, please consider showing your support by attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the Zoom link.

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2026 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Constanza J. Cortes, PhD

Monday, November 2, 2026 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Constanza J. Cortes, PhD
2026 Neuroscience Research Day – Monday, Nov. 2, 2026

We are excited to welcome Constanza J. Cortes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, to the University of Iowa for this year's Neuroscience Research Day.

Dr. Cortes's research explores the intersection of exercise, brain aging, skeletal muscle, and Alzheimer’s disease, with a particular focus on how...

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First in Healthcare

Monday, November 2, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Lindquist Center
First Generation in Healthcare

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