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UI study links food allergy to autism spectrum disorder in children

A new study from the University of Iowa finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice as likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD, suggesting immunological dysfunction as a possible risk factor for the development of the disease.

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UI student hopes tractor simulation study makes roads safer for farmers

Kayla Faust, a graduate student in the UI College of Public Health, is using the university’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) for a research study that hopes to reduce the number of crashes involving agricultural vehicles on rural roads.

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More adults trying e-cigarettes, fewer keep using them

A study led by Wei Bao of the UI College of Public Health finds 1 in 7 adult Americans have tried e-cigarettes, but fewer people are continuing to use the devices.

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UI participating in national program to build personal medicine database

The UI College of Public Health, Roy J. and Licille A. Carver College of Medicine, and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences are part of a federal program that seeks to build a DNA database of more than 1 million Americans that would be used to develop precision medicine.

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NADS researchers say drivers can build trust in autonomous vehicles

While self-driving vehicles have been involved in occasional cars crashes recently, researchers at the University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) who test and develop autonomous vehicles say they can still be safer than when humans are at the wheel.

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UI study aims to improve rural road safety

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Magdaly Santos Villalobos teaches at West High

UI leads overhaul of state’s K–12 science education

The University of Iowa is leading a movement to change the way science is taught at K–12 schools statewide. With funding from the National Science Foundation, educators at the UI are revising the science curriculum and recruiting and training teachers to better educate Iowa children in the sciences.

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Search committee named for new VP for research

A search committee made up of University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students has begun work to find a replacement for Daniel Reed, former vice president for research and economic development, who stepped down last fall and recently was named senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Utah, effective July 1, 2018.

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Search committee named for new VP for research and economic development

The search committee in charge of seeking the next vice president for research and economic development at the University of Iowa has been constituted. The committee is expected to begin its search this summer.

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CHEEC funds study of links between environmental exposures, breast and thyroid cancers

The University of Iowa Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (CHEEC) has awarded $40,000 in cooperative funding to a team of researchers from the UI, Wake Forest School of Medicine, and University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences that is exploring links between certain cancers and environmental factors.

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UI study links food allergy to autism spectrum disorder in children

UI student hopes tractor simulation study makes roads safer for farmers

More adults trying e-cigarettes, fewer keep using them

UI participating in national program to build personal medicine database

NADS researchers say drivers can build trust in autonomous vehicles

UI study aims to improve rural road safety

UI leads overhaul of state’s K–12 science education

Search committee named for new VP for research

Search committee named for new VP for research and economic development

CHEEC funds study of links between environmental exposures, breast and thyroid cancers

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