ICTS team works to advance postpartum hypertension care for rural populations
Researchers with the University of Iowa Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) have launched a three-part project to improve screening and diagnosis of high blood pressure (hypertension) in postpartum women living in rural areas, with the long-term goal of improving treatment of this dangerous condition in this population.
Howard Lab breaks through DIPG’s resistance
Michelle Howard, PhD, has always been interested in pediatric cancers, but she credits her patients, not her profession, for pushing her and her research team toward the next innovative solution.
Targeting the toughest fungal infections
Fungal infections are a major contributor to illness and death among people with weakened immune systems. In these patients, fungal infections caused by molds or fungi are complicated to treat due to limited drug classes and antifungal drug resistance. Sarah Beattie, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics-infectious diseases, at University of Iowa Health Care, and her team, are using high-throughput drug screening against the most common disease-causing mold, Aspergillus fumigatus, to identify new treatments. Beattie and her team hope to improve treatments for fungal and invasive mold infections, moving toward a future in which treatments are safer and more effective for patients who urgently need them.
Believe: How one girl’s mantra inspired an entire care team
Believe-- a seven-letter word that means far more than its dictionary definition for the Wackers, a family of six from Eureka, Missouri. In the four and half years since their eldest daughter Gianna was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome, a terminal illness, “Believe” has become their family mantra — a testament of hope and joy that has spread beyond their home in Missouri and into the University of Iowa Clinical Research Unit.