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Shen earns prestigious award for her 'outsider' approach
Monday, December 8, 2025
Susan Shen, assistant professor of psychiatry in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, is the first female psychiatrist, the first from Iowa, and only the third psychiatrist overall to receive the highly-competitive Avenir Award from the NIH. The $2.3 million grant is awarded for innovative research by “early-stage” investigators in three focus areas: HIV/AIDS, the genetics and epigenetics of substance use, or the chemistry and pharmacology of substance use.
Levi Sowers: Shedding light on migraine and post-traumatic headache
Monday, November 3, 2025
Post-traumatic headache (PTH) shares many of the same symptoms as migraines. Characterized by severe pain and sensory hypersensitivity, they’re disruptive and often difficult to treat. Despite the similarities, there are currently no FDA-approved treatments specifically for PTH. This gap in care is what drives University of Iowa Health Care researcher Levi Sowers, assistant professor in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics and the Division of Child Neurology.
Ophthalmologist Ed Stone elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Monday, October 20, 2025
Campbell earns Horwitz Prize for muscular dystrophy discoveries
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Kevin Campbell, PhD, professor and chair of molecular physiology and biophysics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, will receive the 2025 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.
Quiñones-Labernik named HHMI 2025 Gilliam Fellow
Wednesday, August 13, 2025