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

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Detlef Obal, MD, PhD, DESA promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Detlef Obal, MD, PhD, DESA

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility

NAMs for Advanced Pharmacogenetics and Personalized Patient Care

Detlef Obal, MD, PhD, DESA
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
University of Iowa

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building
Pain Interest Group Workshop - Zoe Sirotiak promotional image

Pain Interest Group Workshop - Zoe Sirotiak

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Allostatic load and pain-related symptom burden: Linking biology to somatic experience

Zoe Sirotiak
Graduate Research Assistant
Kohut Lab, Dept of Kinesiology
Phillips Lab, Dept of Psychology
Iowa State University

ACB Seminar Series - Sam Wuebker and Ashley Goll  promotional image

ACB Seminar Series - Sam Wuebker and Ashley Goll

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

Sam Wuebker, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Van Otterloo Lab, will present a seminar titled “Perinatal and Cellular Characterization Of Ameloblast Specific MEMO1."

Ashley Goll, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Tootle Lab, will present a seminar titled “Prostaglandin Signaling Promotes Nucleoskeletal Changes Required For On Time Border Cell Migration."

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, October 30, 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...