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Drs. Kelly Schieltz and Matt O'Brien will be co-PI's on a new training grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Emotional abuse and neglect of children may have more harmful long-term negative effects than physical or sexual abuse, according to a 20-year study published by a team of researchers from Iowa, Australia, and Italy.
Please welcome Dr. Jennifer Bermick at Associate Professor in the Division of Neonatology.
At the University of Iowa, a multidisciplinary TSC clinic was formed in 2018. The shared clinic includes pediatric genetics (Dr. Sidhu) and genetic counseling, pediatric neurology/epilepsy (Dr. Ciliberto), and pediatric nephrology (Dr. Harshman). The purpose of this clinic is to provide coordinated, comprehensive care in parallel with guidelines from the TSC Alliance.
UI Health Care researchers are looking for participants who have tested positive for COVID-19 to validate methods for collecting saliva samples without using swabs. Email val-sheffield@uiowa.edu or calvin-carter@uiowa.edu or phone/text 319-321-6997 or 347-893-0094
The UI Dance Marathon Allocations applications are due by September 30
Once again, the Iowa Newborn Screening Program has been hailed as a national leader. This success story points out the collaborative nature of Iowa's newborn screening program.
Get to know Lane Strathearn, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, professor of pediatrics–developmental and behavioral pediatrics.
Get to know Polly Ferguson, MD, professor of pediatrics.