UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

One goal: Defeat cancer. Advancing research, education, and world-class patient care at @uiowa as Iowa's only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Join us in welcoming the undergraduate trainees participating in the CROI Summer Program!👏

These students will spend the summer gaining exposure to bench work, networking, communication, and professional development through our members' labs and research groups. #CancerResearch

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

We’re proud to share that Holden member James Byrne, MD, PhD (pictured right), paired with a pediatric surgeon from the University of Kentucky, won the 2026 V Summit’s cancer therapeutics and diagnostics collaborative challenge, receiving $10,000 in research funding.

[Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium @BigTenCRC]

We are proud to launch our new podcast series, Big Ten Cancer Connections with an engaging conversation with #multiplemyeloma colleagues, friends, and international trekkers Drs. Tanya Wildes, @ASuvannasankha, @hiragss, and @nsc_natalie. Tune in: https://t.co/D0jjaR3ojE

[Internal Medicine at Iowa @IntMedatIowa]

As a first-year in the Hematology-Oncology fellowship program, Brooke Jennings, MD has already developed two clinical trials. And now, she has another in the works.

Read more about her story: https://t.co/p1DAVmWKKr

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Gawain Williams, PhD candidate of health services and policy, has received the @uiowa Graduate Research Excellence Award in Social Sciences from the Office of the Vice President for Research. 👏

Williams studies racial cancer disparities and social determinants of health.

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Any donation can help Holden Cancer Center provide treatment and hope for patients facing cancer. #GiveHope

Link to give: https://t.co/KzztOYCir8

[University of Iowa Health Care @uihealthcare]

It’s One Day for Iowa! 🖤💛 Make a difference by supporting the areas of greatest need within our health system. Your gift helps provide leading-edge care for patients from Iowa and across the country. https://t.co/PAxK2nhyiE

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Link to give: https://t.co/KzztOYCir8

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Dr. Kenny is leading innovative melanoma research recognized by top organizations and foundations.

#1DayForIowa begins 3/25, but early giving is open now!
Your support helps our members drive discoveries, fund critical research, and move us closer to a world without cancer.

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Save the date! One Day for Iowa 2026 is next week (March 25th). Join us in making a difference!
🎁 Give at: https://t.co/KzztOYCir8

#1DayForIowa

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Ellen Voigt, PhD candidate in cancer biology, has received the @uiowa Graduate Research Excellence Award in Biological Sciences from the Office of the Vice President for Research. Voight works in the Quelle lab studying rare and aggressive cancers and potential treatment options.

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

A new era of treatment is underway at Holden.

Our team has treated its first patient with T-cell receptor therapy, an innovative immunotherapy designed to help the immune system target synovial sarcoma— a rare and aggressive cancer.

https://t.co/TRwMPtWP33

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Introducing a promising advancement from our researchers: a new floating, intravesical drug-delivery device that could make bladder cancer treatment less invasive and far more convenient for patients. https://t.co/qmDV7uzv0g

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

📢 Reminder: first info session tomorrow (12/2) at 1:30 pm

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Curious about post-baccalaureate opportunities in cancer research?

Meet the leaders behind ICARE and get your questions answered by attending one of our upcoming virtual information sessions.

#Postbac #CancerResearch #UIowa

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Curious about post-baccalaureate opportunities in cancer research?

Meet the leaders behind ICARE and get your questions answered by attending one of our upcoming virtual information sessions.

#Postbac #CancerResearch #UIowa

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Ready to launch your research career?

The National PROPEL Matchmaking Event connects postbac scholars with investigators from top institutions, including @uiowa.

https://t.co/dgVY09R0i9

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

With the support of a new grant, Holden is advancing early intervention of prostate cancer with AI-enhanced tools.

Read to learn more:
https://t.co/FjTkvaPux0

[University of Iowa Health Care @uihealthcare]

Some of our patients at @UIowaCancer received surprise visits from @HawkeyeFootball players Caden Buhr and TJ Hall this week. 💛🖤

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Interested in a future in cancer research?

ICARE is a 1–2 year postbac program at @uiowa offering lab experience, mentorship, and career development.

Apply by Feb. 13, 2026 → https://t.co/T4ScXThXX4

#ICAREProgram #CancerResearch #Postbac #STEMCareers

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

A family’s cancer journey becomes a movement. 🩷

Cathy, a former Black Hawk County Cancer Steering Committee member, and her daughters created Splash of Color—a support group for women of color facing breast cancer.

https://t.co/Did3CnvOuT

[UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center @UIowaCancer]

Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, medical oncologist at Holden has led a clinical trial demonstrating a completely new way of harnessing the immune system to fight cancer.

Learn more: https://t.co/JNooHcZNvq