Clinical and Research news

Department Featured in KWQC Segment on Cancer Care Access in the Quad Cities

Thursday, July 16, 2026
University of Iowa Health Care radiation oncology was featured in a recent KWQC-TV6 segment examining the role of local treatment access in cancer care across the Quad Cities.

Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD, Awarded $50,000 AYA Cancer Program Grant

Monday, July 6, 2026
Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD, earns a $50,000 AYA Cancer Program grant to advance head and neck cancer research for patients with Fanconi anemia.

James Byrne, MD, PhD, Takes Top Prize at 2026 V Scholar Summit Collaborative Challenge

Friday, May 15, 2026
James Byrne, MD, PhD, wins top prize at the 2026 V Foundation V Scholar Summit collaborative challenge, earning $10,000 in research funding.

Carryn Anderson, MD Honored with Excellence in Clinical Coaching Award

Monday, May 11, 2026
Carryn Anderson, MD, Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Iowa, receives the Excellence in Clinical Coaching Award from the GME Office.

UI Radiation Oncology Researchers Featured in Medscape on High-Dose Vitamin C and Cancer Treatment

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
UI Radiation Oncology faculty Garry Buettner, PhD, and Bryan Allen, MBA, MD, PhD, are featured in Medscape on the growing scientific case for high-dose vitamin C in cancer treatment.

UI Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist Earns National Award for MR-Linac Research

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Blake Smith, PhD wins a national AAPM award for his published research on motion management commissioning for the UI's Elekta Unity MR-Linac.

UI researcher receives ACS seed grant to study radiation risk in young cancer patients

Thursday, April 23, 2026
Blake Smith, PhD, receives a $40,000 ACS seed grant through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center to study radiobiologic risk in pediatric proton therapy patients.
James D. Byrne, MD, PhD

‘Healing in a bubble’: UI researcher publishes prize essay in 'Science'

Friday, April 3, 2026
James Byrne named a finalist for the 2026 BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation

Innovative device could transform patient experience for intensive bladder cancer therapy

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
UI Health Care team invents device for less invasive, more convenient chemotherapy delivery

Yang earns K12 Scholar Award

Friday, May 16, 2025

Lighting a new path in cancer care with radiation therapy

Monday, May 5, 2025
James Byrne, MD, PhD, of University of Iowa Health Care, is doing highly innovative research to improve patient outcomes. The NIH is noticing.