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

New FRRB Lab

Radiation Oncology celebrates grand opening of renovated FRRB research laboratories

Friday, November 6, 2026
The Department of Radiation Oncology celebrated the grand opening of its renovated Free Radical and Radiation Biology research laboratories on October 30, marking an investment in the people and facilities advancing scientific discovery at Iowa.
Michelle Howard

Michelle Howard Awarded $50,000 Seed Grant for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research

Monday, October 26, 2026
Michelle E. Howard, PhD, DABR, has received an Aiming For A Cure Foundation Grant to support research focused on developing precision therapies for pediatric high-grade gliomas.
Asya Lengel receives award

Asya Lengel receives Larry W. Oberley Award in Radiation Oncology

Monday, October 12, 2026
Medical student Asya Lengel earned the award for an oral research presentation mentored by Doug Spitz, PhD.

Carver College of Medicine Events

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ACB Seminar Series - Dr. Kevin Eliceiri

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

Dr. Kevin Eliceiri, Professor of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present a seminar titled "Computational Imaging of Cellular Microenvironments."

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as:

Creating participants

Creating tasks and schedules

Active tasks and their unique data output

Direct messages and announcements

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.

Register by clicking the virtual event link above or by going here:  https:/...

Skills for Educators: Effective and Efficient Clinical Teaching

Thursday, November 12, 2026 8:30am to 11:30am
University of Iowa Health Care University Campus
Develop effective and efficient approaches to teaching in the context of patient care.

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, November 12, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training we won't use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:

Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with vlookup()

Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering

Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables

Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables

Transforming unusable data to a usable format...

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Biochemistry Seminar: "Principles of MHC-I Peptide Selection in Antigen Presentation"

Thursday, November 12, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

Principles of MHC-I Peptide Selection in Antigen Presentation

Presented by

James Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
NYU Langone Health

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