The University of Iowa Department of Radiation Oncology faculty and staff take pride in employing the most up-to-date techniques for diagnosis and treatment, advancing the field of radiation oncology through first-rate research and development, and delivering superior education and training to the next generation of clinicians.

# 1

Department in patient satisfaction at University of Iowa Health Care

Radiation Oncology was rated as the leader in patient satisfaction for the last four years by the patients whom we treat.

The Only

Department in the region to use the MR-Linac for patient treatment

The Elekta Unity MR-Linac was the third of its kind to be commissioned in the US.

News

James Byrne promoted to professor

James Byrne Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

Tuesday, October 6, 2026
James D. Byrne, MD, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the University of Iowa Department of Radiation Oncology.
Lillian Wischmeyer receives two scholarships

Radiation Therapy Student Lillian Wischmeyer Receives Two Scholarships

Monday, October 5, 2026
Radiation Therapy student Lillian Wischmeyer was recognized with two scholarships at the University of Iowa Radiation Sciences Scholarship Reception.

Linda Crowley Receives Silver Level Professional Recognition Program Award

Friday, October 2, 2026
Radiation Oncology nurse Linda Crowley was recognized with the Silver Level Professional Recognition Program Award for her dedication to nursing, patient car e, and her colleagues.

Carver College of Medicine Events

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, October 8, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys

Manually and automatically sending surveys

Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms

Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of surveys in...

Biochemistry Seminar: "Rethinking the Cellular Stress Response" promotional image

Biochemistry Seminar: "Rethinking the Cellular Stress Response"

Thursday, October 8, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

"Rethinking the Cellular Stress Response"

Presented by

Allan Drummond, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Chicago

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 10/8/2026

Thursday, October 8, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
General Hospital

A cardiologist, an oncologist, an immunologist, and a chemical engineer walk into a bar …
Robert Weiss, MD

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, October 8, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Live from Prairie Lights |  Meghan O’Gieblyn in conversation with Dr. Alison Lynch — "Will and Attention" promotional image

Live from Prairie Lights | Meghan O’Gieblyn in conversation with Dr. Alison Lynch — "Will and Attention"

Thursday, October 8, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Meghan O’Gieblyn in conv with Dr. Alison Lynch - Will and Attention
Meghan O’Gieblyn will read from her new memoir, Will and Attention, and will be joined in conversation with Dr. Alison Lynch. Described as a "luminous memoir of secret drinking, fragile recovery, and the deep pull of religion," Will and Attention is praised by bestselling author Jia Tolentino as "one of the best memoirs of the decade," while University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program professor and bestselling author Melissa Febos says: "An elegant and philosophical memoir about addiction whose stakes are no less than what comprises one's will to live, what it means to be good, and the worth of devotion. I savored equally O'Gieblyn's sentences and the turns of her thought—at once precise as the cut of a razor and as pleasurably discursive as Montaigne."

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