A new inpatient psychiatric unit that opened Wednesday, March 24, at UI Health Care includes a different look and an updated model of care focused on preventing problem behaviors.

New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.

Providers interested in receiving extra training to treat substance use disorders and addiction have a new option at University of Iowa Health Care. Last year, the Department of Psychiatry established the Addiction Medicine Fellowship after receiving a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the federal Health Resources Services Administration.

Born, raised, and trained in Iowa, Peg Nopoulos (89MD, 93R, 94F) has built an internationally recognized Huntington’s disease research program virtually in her own backyard.