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2023 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award
Friday, October 27, 2023
Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, vice president for medical affairs and dean at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, wins Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award.
Iowa biobank: A treasure trove of maternal health data
Monday, October 23, 2023
Women’s Health Tissue Repository sheds light on high-risk pregnancies.
First-in-Iowa Nurse-Midwifery Education Program launches at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Friday, September 8, 2023
The new Nurse-Midwifery Education Program aims to improve access to high-quality maternal health care in Iowa.
Clinical trial results may change practice for treating endometrial cancer
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Adding immunotherapy improves outcomes for advanced endometrial cancer
UI leaders, students honored with Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women awards
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks, MD wins The Jean Y. Jew Women’s Rights Award recognizes outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the UI; a long-standing record of leadership, effort, and activism; and accomplishments of national scope or impact.
Nurse midwives fill gap in prenatal care after rural hospitals shut down labor and delivery units
Friday, July 15, 2022
Muscatine is one of hundreds of rural areas in the U.S. where hospitals have dropped birthing services during the past two decades, often because they lack obstetricians and other specialized staff members.
Study of data from 25,000 women finds at least 32% have a pelvic floor disorder
Monday, June 20, 2022
Women who have trouble controlling their bladder or bowel movements can take comfort in new data that shows they are not alone.
New research projects address health disparities
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Understanding and effectively addressing upstream food insecurity for the UI obstetrical population
UI’s Master of Midwifery program to supply nurse-midwives to rural populations
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
The University of Iowa’s new Master of Midwifery program will train future nurse-midwives needed especially for health care-deprived rural populations.
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