Department of Psychiatry

Leading advances in psychiatry

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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

Carver College of Medicine Events

Mobile Clinic - West Liberty

Sunday, November 8, 2026 11:00am to 2:00pm

West Liberty

Mobile Clinic

5th High Performance Neuroimaging Symposium

Monday, November 9, 2026 (all day)

Medical Education Research Facility

The High-Performance Neuroimaging Symposium is a premier forum dedicated to advancing the next generation of MRI technologies. Now in its fifth year, the meeting convenes leading scientists, engineers, and clinicians from around the world to explore breakthroughs in ultra-fast imaging, high-gradient systems, silent MRI, and their transformative applications in neuroscience, psychiatry, and neurology.

Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Jianyu Yu

Monday, November 9, 2026 12:00pm

Bowen Science Building

Jianyu Yu is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been conducted in Bing Li'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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