| | Welcome to the Team
- Emily Steinbach-Swehla, Postdoc Research Fellow, division of Nephrology, started June 10.
- Benjamin Pappas, Clinical Trials Research Assistant, division of Neurology, started June 20.
- Elizabeth Gaffney, Clinical Trials Research Assistant, division of Neurology, starts June 27.
- Scot Sperfslage, Cyto Lab Specialist II in Dr. Darbro's lab, division of Genetics, starts on July 5.
Total Compensation Statement Reminders
Your new annual Total Compensation Statement will be available through the UI Employee Self Service portal on, or around, July 5, 2022.
The University of Iowa, including UI Health Care, is participating in a State of Iowa program that will allow eligible staff and faculty who accrue vacation to request a one-time payout in exchange for unused vacation hours, up to a maximum of 40 hours. | | | | A new study, co-authored by UI neuroscientist Aaron Boes, MD, PhD, suggests that targeting a certain circuit with neuromodulation therapies may have potential for treating addiction. | | | Join Together with the Band "Thanks to our AYA oncology team we have been connected to an organization started by Roger Daltry of The Who. Please watch the whole 1:37 minute video which includes one of our consented patients and a bunch of staff several times throughout. This will be played at the opening of each WHO concert this year. 14 sites in the US." - David Dickens, MD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Hematology-Oncology, Interim Director, Division of Hematology-Oncology. | | | | Patient Comments from the Pediatric Specialty Clinic "We love Dr. Pesce! She takes EXCELLENT care of our children and we cannot emphasize enough how important she has been to our family!"
"The entire team is awesome! Sadly we had to meet this team due to cancer diagnosis but we couldn't have asked for better staff and providers taking care of my son. We are very grateful for the entire team but especially Dr. Dickens, Dr. Claassen, Steve, Ana, Lori and Jason. I often tell people that the providers have always made us feel like we are the most important, they always answer all our questions, never seemed to be in a hurry, I'm sure they have many patients to attend but we never feel like that. When my son was sick, I had called earlier and Steve and Jason met us at the clinic door and walked us in, the nursing staff is very efficient and always prepared and ready for us. BEST PLACE TO TAKE OUR LOVED ONES!!!!"
| | | Two months after the University of Iowa announced it was asking Hawkeye fans to vote for the next song to accompany the Hawkeye Wave, those fans put the decision into the hands of the patients and families at UI Stead Family Children's Hospital. | | | | All are invited to an open house for the Westlawn Open Wellness (WOW) Room (2116 Westlawn), being held on Thursday, July 14 from 6:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The WOW Room is a collaboration between the Carver College of Medicine and the UI liveWELL program.
Burst Your Thirst
The Burst Your Thirst challenge is underway with three weeks to go! Track activity minutes and water consumption through the Live Healthy Iowa website (if signed up before June 13). | | | The next cohort of the DPP program begins on Thursday, July 28. Now is the time to register for an upcoming info session (in June and July). The Fall 2022 group sessions will be offered virtually via ZOOM from Noon-1:00 p.m. The first step to enroll in DPP is to attend an "Info Session" where you will learn about the program and the eligibility requirements to participate. Register now in Employee Self Service > My Training. To find the sessions, search liveWELL: Diabetes Prevention Program. Questions? Email livewell@uiowa.edu.
| | | | All interested faculty are invited to participate in a "research speed dating" event August 12: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Location TBD
The goal of this event would be to connect faculty with trainees (med students, residents, and/or first-year fellows) to establish opportunities for collaboration and mentorship. Participating faculty should ideally:
- have a potential project/research question in mind that an interested trainee could easily step into.
- propose a project which will culminate in a scholarly work which could be presented in poster format and/or published manuscript.
- have project-appropriate experiences to mentor the trainee in data collection, statistical analysis, and poster/manuscript preparation
Please complete the Qualtrics survey by July 1, 2022 if interested in participating.
Contact Lyndsay Harshman with questions.
Volunteer to staff the UI booth at the Iowa State Fair
UI Health Care will have dedicated space at the University of Iowa booth at this year's Iowa State Fair on August 14 and August 19. UI Health Care faculty, staff, and students are invited to volunteer to staff the UI booth on these days. Please see the Loop for times and additional details.
Sign up to volunteer! | | | 'You belong here': UI Health Care marches during Iowa city Pride Festival. Alex Boerschel, LPN (Part of the General Pediatrics team at UI Health Care - Iowa River Landing) and her daughter Hannah
UI Health Care employees and their families donned purple pride shirts to march through the streets of downtown Iowa City during the recent Iowa City Pride Festival. Participants say it’s important for them to be visible in the community so that others may recognize that accessible health care is available to everyone.
Check out more photos from the march on The Loop.
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