University of Iowa Physician–Scientist Awarded Nation’s Top Biomedical Research Honor
Michael J. Welsh, MD, a UI professor and proud Iowa native, has received America’s preeminent biomedical research prize—the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award—for his pioneering discoveries in cystic fibrosis (CF) research, which paved the way for life-saving therapies for people with CF.
UI Health Care Hosts “All-Iowa” Career Fair to Retain More Physicians Across the State
Nearly 100 University of Iowa Health Care residents, fellows, and their spouses gathered in a room overlooking Kinnick Stadium on July 31, 2025, to explore job opportunities at health care organizations across the state. Ten Iowa-based health systems, clinics, and critical access hospitals attended the event with the goal of encouraging medical trainees to stay in Iowa to practice medicine.
UI Health Care to Relocate Select Des Moines-Based Specialty Services to New Urbandale Facility, Enhancing Access to Care
A new University of Iowa Health Care location will open soon in Urbandale, bringing several of the system’s existing Des Moines-based specialty services together under one roof, providing patients living in central and western Iowa with more convenient access to care, close to home.