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.

Download past issues

College of Medicine Events

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building
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ACB Seminar Series - Tate Neff and Brendan Creemer

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

Tate Neff, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Yang Lab, will present a seminar titled “The Role of Micropeptide BNLN in Diabetes Mellitus."

Brendan Creemer, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Ryan Lab, will present a seminar titled “Determining The Role Of Integrin a6 In Regulating Airway Basal Cell Stemness."

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Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Workshop, Aleigha Gugel

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Bowen Science Building

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, November 20, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual

This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research.

After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies.

Register by clicking the virtual event link...

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 11/20/2025

Thursday, November 20, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
General Hospital

"Alcohol Use Disorder Research" by James Willey, MD, University of Utah