Latest Departmental News

UI Carver College of Medicine Investiture Ceremony to celebrate endowed professorships to Sluka, Petkov, Tomchik

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
University of Iowa Health Care faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend an investiture ceremony honoring Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD; Christopher Petkov, PhD; and Seth Tomchik, PhD, at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Q&A: Jacob Norton, Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Q&A: Alex Lewis, Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Upcoming Events

PTRS Educational Summit

Mark your calendars for our 2026 PTRS Educational Summit scheduled for Friday, October 9, 2026. 

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UI Physical Therapy Apparel Order

The Physical Therapy Student Organization (PTSO) organizes a clothing order in the fall and spring to support their organization. Their fall order is now open through October 20th. To visit their online store, please visit the link below:
https://stores.teamelitesports.com/univ_of_iowa_physical_therapy/shop/home

Alumni Newsletters

The alumni newsletters provide an opportunity for us to share many of the accomplishments of previous classmates, faculty, and staff from the UI Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Community at Iowa.  These newsletters will go out annually to keep you informed of the new developments and future plans within the department.

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College of Medicine Events

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys Manually and automatically sending surveys Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Lynne Dieckman

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Lynne Dieckman, PhD
Creighton University

Faculty Host: Todd Washington, PhD

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, December 11, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC. You are invited to join us during our monthly seminar presentations. 

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 12/11/2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
General Hospital

Quarterly Department Update by Upi Singh, MD

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Athira Anirudhan, PhD & Alex Keyes, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Athira Anirudhan, PhD & Alex Keyes, PhD

Thursday, December 11, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial Ca2+ efflux in neurons
Athira Anirudhan, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab

Dynorphinergic neurons in the lateral pons inhibit inflammatory, neuropathic, and post-surgical pain via a descending circuit
Alex Keyes, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab