Building Update
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is designed as a healing environment that improves the health and well-being of children and their families. Plans include expanding existing programs and developing new services on-site and throughout Iowa to meet the current and future needs of Iowa’s children.
News
National Award for ICU Design Presented to University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
The hospital’s focus on patient- and family-centered care is apparent throughout the unit, including architectural elements, décor, floor plan and room design.
Our First Year
The first patients moved into the new UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Feb. 25, 2017. Here’s to our first “birthday” in this building…and many more to come! We’re grateful for our patients, their families, and everyone who is Changing Medicine. Changing Kids’ Lives!
UI analysis finds more children are diagnosed with autism than previously thought
The number of children in the United States diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder may be significantly higher than previously thought.
UI receives grant to start clinical trials for treatment of childhood cancer
The University of Iowa may be one step closer to using vitamin C to fight cancer. The university has received a grant to make it possible to start clinical trials for teens for a recently approved FDA drug of high-dosage vitamin C.