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Iowa’s Mark Burkard sees a role for data science in bringing clinical trials to rural clinics
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Iowa’s Mark Burkard sees a role for data science in bringing clinical trials to rural clinics
The state has the second highest (and rising) cancer rates in the U.S.

A curious piece of paper hangs in a frame outside the director’s office at University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center on the second floor of the General Hospital.
November 01, 2024
Vol.50 No.41
By Paul Goldberg
In Brief

Mark Burkard named director of UI Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mark Burkard was named director of University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. 
July 12, 2024
Vol.50 No.28
Leading a matrix cancer center: Extensive responsibility, modest influence, little authority
Guest Editorial

Leading a matrix cancer center: Extensive responsibility, modest influence, little authority

As is true in so many fields, medicine and biomedical research have experienced a huge transition over recent decades from self-sufficiency to productive interdependence. 
April 07, 2023
Vol.49 No.14
By George J. Weiner
In Brief

Michael Henry named interim director of University of Iowa Holden CCC

Michael Henry, deputy director of University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and professor in the UI Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, was named interim director of the cancer center.
February 24, 2023
Vol.49 No.08

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