Latest Departmental News

DPT Q&A Sessions

Spring 2026 Iowa DPT Q&A Sessions

Monday, March 2, 2026
Q&A sessions for those interested in the University of Iowa DPT Program.

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

The date for our 2026 PTRS Educational Summit will be scheduled soon. 

Learn more

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 spring order will be opening soon. To receive an email notification once the order is open, please email us at physical-therapy@uiowa.edu.  

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

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Christian Candler promotional image

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Christian Candler

Thursday, March 5, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, March 5, 2026 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 surveys in...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. David Kast promotional image

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. David Kast

Thursday, March 5, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Organelle Dynamics in Metabolism and Immunity

David Kast, PhD
WashU Medicine

Faculty Host: Kris DeMali, PhD

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 3/5/2026

Thursday, March 5, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
General Hospital

Toxicology Grand Rounds by Josh Trebach, MD

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Workshop - Ruiqi Lyu (Strack Lab) and Zhuo Zhen (Tucker Lab) promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Workshop - Ruiqi Lyu (Strack Lab) and Zhuo Zhen (Tucker Lab)

Thursday, March 5, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Inhibitory Circuit Development and Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Ruiqi Lyu
Pharmacology Graduate Student
Dr. Stefan Strack's Lab

Exploring cellular models for Nf1-associated optic pathway glioma
Zhuo Zhen
Pharmacology Graduate Student
Dr. Budd Tucker's Lab