News from Holden

Innovation Research

Foaming in on cancer

Taking inspiration from the culinary arts, Iowa researchers are exploring gas-entrapping materials to boost chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

From the Director

Burkard named director of UI Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

After a national search, Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, has been selected to serve as director of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Student Spotlight: Laura Hovenga

Laura HovengaGrinnell, IowaSummer Cancer Undergraduate Research Program at Iowa, summer 2023

Research

Faculty awarded 2024 ACS seed grant through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Four early-career scientists have each been awarded a one-year, $40,000 American Cancer Society Institutional Researc

Research

Holden Researchers to Present New Cancer Research Data at 2024 AACR Annual Meeting

A total of 19 abstracts from University of Iowa and UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have been accep

Prevention

Advice for all ages on colorectal cancer

More and more people across the country are finding themselves affected by colorectal ca

Research

Melanoma vaccine trial to start at UI

Trial will test whether a personalized mRNA vaccine combined with an immunotherapy prevents melanoma from recurring