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Expert Opinion: Why Penicillin Allergy Labels Matter in Hospital Care

Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Associate Professor Deanna McDanel outlines two strategies hospitals can use to safely delabel penicillin allergies.
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Dare to Discover Campaign Celebrates Early-Career Researchers

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The University of Iowa's Dare to Discover campaign highlights five researchers associated with the College of Pharmacy.
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Discovery of DNA Repair Protein's Unexpected Structure May Open Doors to New Cancer Treatments

Monday, December 15, 2025
A multidisciplinary research team is investigating how DNA repair protein RAD52's structure could lead to new anti-cancer drugs.
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Targeting Metabolic Disorders

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Amany Alowaisi receives her PhD this month after researching molecular mechanisms that regulate metabolic balance and how their disruption contributes to chronic diseases.
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UI College of Pharmacy Faculty Selected for 2025 World's Top 2% Scientists List

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Nine current and emeriti faculty members from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy have been recognized in Stanford University's list of "World’s Top 2% Scientists", which identifies the world's leading researchers.
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UI Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Improve Sepsis Outcomes

Monday, November 17, 2025
A team of University of Iowa researchers has received a $3M grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study sepsis outcomes.
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Graduate Student Earns NIH Fellowship for Groundbreaking Research

Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Rachel Crawford was awarded a National Research Service Award predoctoral fellowship.
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Dean Jill Kolesar Named to Forbes' 50 over 50 List

Friday, August 8, 2025
Schmidt Chair, Professor, and Dean Jill Kolesar has been named a Forbes 50 Over 50 honoree.
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Salem, Greiner Garner Grant to Research Vision Loss

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Bighley Chair and Professor Aliasger Salem and colleagues have received NIH funding to explore new ways to prevent or reduce vision loss caused by a degenerative eye disease.
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Scholars to Leaders

Monday, May 19, 2025
Hats off to eight UI College of Pharmacy graduate students for completing their academic journey, marking a significant career milestone. We celebrate their achievement and wish them well as they step into the next phase of their professional lives.
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Goedken Garners Grant to Assess Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Data

Thursday, April 17, 2025
Investigators from three UI colleges will examine early detection methods and morbidity to inform clinical care.
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Hiew Recognized with Prestigious APhA-APRS Ebert Prize

Friday, March 28, 2025
Assistant Professor Tze Ning Hiew received the 2025 Ebert Prize for her research paper, “Improving Dissolution Performance and Drug Loading of Amorphous Dispersions through a Hierarchical Particle Approach”.