Research by Clinical Department

Dermatology

Family Medicine

• Geriatrics
• Quality of Care
• Rural Health Care

Internal Medicine

• Asthma Center
• Diabetes Clinical Research Programs
• General Clinical Research Center
• Gene Transfer Vector Core
• Helen C. Levitt Center for Viral Pathogenesis and Disease
• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Infectious Diseases Inflammation Program
• Iowa Cardiovascular Center
• Translational Lung Imaging Research Program

Neurology

• Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
• Autonomic Dysfunction (including Neurobiology of Cardiovascular Regulation)
• Epilepsy
• Experimental Neuroanatomy
• Human Factors Studies (including Driving Safety)
• Movement Disorders (including Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease)
• Neurochemistry and Neurobiology
• Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Neuroergonomics
• Neuromuscular Diseases (including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Peripheral Neuropathy)
• Sleep disorders
• Stroke Service
• Visual Function Laboratory

Neurosurgery

• Glioma Research Laboratory
• Human Brain Research Laboratory
• Molecular Neurosurgery Laboratory and Central Nervous System Tissue Bank
• Neurogenomics Research Laboratory

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

• Eye Pathology
• Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study
• Diabetic Eye Disease Study
• Macular Degeneration
• Molecular Ophthalmology Laboratory
• Carver Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis
• Resident and Fellow Research Day Abstracts
• Cell Biology of the Eye

Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

• Wrist Joint Replacement for Arthritis
• Outpatient Pain Rehabilitation Programs

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

• Auditory Physiology Research Lab
• Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (Pediatric)
• Cleft Lip and Palate (Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Research)
• Child Language Research Center
• Cochlear Implant NIH Research Grant
• Consequences of Electrical Activity on Spiral Ganglion Neuron (SGN) Axon Growth and Cochlear Intervention
• Human Papilloma Virus Infections of the Head and Neck (Pediatric)
• Limbic and Motor System Interactions in Laryngeal Function
• Molecular Genetics of Familial Laryngeal Paralysis (Pediatric)
• Molecular Otolaryngology Research Lab (Pediatric)
• Non Syndromic Hearing Loss (Pediatric)
• OK432 (Picibanil) for Treatment of Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformations (Pediatric) Otosclerosis
• Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) Multicenter Treatment Trial
• Tinnitus

Pathology

Pediatrics

• A Clinical Evaluation of the Fukutin-Related Protein (FKRP) Muscular Dystrophies
• Multicenter studies on Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy

Psychiatry

• Aging, Vascular Disease and Cognition
• Behavioral Problems in Persons with Memory Disorders
• Collaborative Genomic Study of Bipolar Disorder
• Depression in Heart Failure
• Essential Fatty Acids in the Management of Major Depressive Disorder: A Pilot Study
• Family Study of Behavioral and Personality Traits
• Gambling Treatment Study
• Genetics of Recurrent, Early-Onset Depression
• Long-term Side Effects of Risperidone in Adolescents
• Predict HD Study - Huntington's disease treatment study
• Prediction of Late Onset Depression
• Relapse Prevention: Long-Acting Atypical Antipsychotics (PROACTIVE)
• Studies of Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder
• A Trait Marker for Panic Disorder

Radiation Oncology

Radiology

Urology

• J. Hayden Fry Center for Prostate Cancer Research
• Bladder Cancer Research