University of Iowa Diagnostic Laboratories (UIDL) | Carver College of Medicine

University of Iowa Diagnostic Laboratories

The standard for testing excellence.

UIDL is dedicated to providing excellence in laboratory testing and improving the quality of patient care provided by the physician offices, hospitals, laboratories, and medical facilities we serve.

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About University of Iowa Diagnostic Laboratories

UIDL, affiliated with UI Health Care, is a national reference laboratory offering academic expertise in specialty anatomic pathology services, advanced molecular genetic testing, and rapid renal biopsy consults. We offer very competitive turnarounds. All pathologists are available for immediate consultation by phone or email.

All of our pathologists are academic and hold professional appointments in the University of Iowa Department of Pathology, Carver College of Medicine. Each is involved in daily patient care as well as teaching in a renowned residency program and strong medical school.

Our established culture of excellent patient care is our prime objective. Emphasis is placed on practical solutions for specimen workups. The most expedient and sure method of diagnosis is utilized ensuring high quality yet cost-effective patient care.

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2.5 m

Tests performed per year

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News

Dr. Kai Rogers Receives a Grant Award through the NIH R25/UE5 Program

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Dr. Kai Rogers, a resident in the Pathology physician-scientist training program (PSTP), has received an NIH/NINDS grant award through its R25/UE5 funding mechanism. The University of Iowa R25/UE5 program, entitled “Carver College of Medicine Clinical Neuroscientist Training Program (CNS-TP)” is led by Drs. George Richerson and Kumar Narayanan in the Department of Neurology. This program acknowledges the critical need for physicians to be involved in basic research on human brain disease and provides direct support toward this goal.

Research on Intravital Imaging of Influenza-specific Lung T Resident Memory by Stephanie van de Wall, Scott Anthony, Lisa Hancox and Lecia Epping in the Harty Lab was Recently Published in Immunity

Friday, August 9, 2024

Stephanie van de Wall, Ph.D. was the lead author of the study. Co-authors include Scott Anthony, Lisa Hancox and Lecia Epping from the Harty lab, Vladimir P. Badovinac Ph.D., also from U. Iowa Pathology as well as Ryan Langlois (U. Minnesota) and Dietmar Zehn (Technical University of Munich). The work was supported by grants from the NIH to VPB and JTH.

Recent Publications

Week of September 17, 2024

Real-world impact of differences in the WHO and ICC classifications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a LEO Cohort Study analysis.
Abro B, Maurer MJ, Habermann TM, Burack R, Chapman JR, Cohen JB, Friedberg JW, Inghirami GG, Kahl BS, Larson MC, Link BL, Lossos IS, Martin P, McDonnell T, Nastoupil LJ, Riska S, Syrbu SI, Vega F, Vij K, Flowers CR, Cerhan JR, Jaye DL, Feldman AL.
Blood. 2024 Sep 10:blood.2024025681. doi: 10.1182/blood.2024025681. Online ahead of print.

Il-13 induces loss of CFTR in ionocytes and reduces airway epithelial fluid absorption.
Romano Ibarra GS, Lei L, Yu W, Thurman AL, Gansemer ND, Meyerholz DK, Pezzulo AA, McCray PB, Thornell IM, Stoltz DA.
J Clin Invest. 2024 Sep 10:e181995. doi: 10.1172/JCI181995. Online ahead of print.

Giant inflammatory polyposis in Crohn's disease mimicking recurrent obstructing colon cancer.
Holt C, Elliott DE, Xiong Y.
Pathol Int. 2024 Sep 10. doi: 10.1111/pin.13479. Online ahead of print.

Week of September 10, 2024

Development and Initial Characterization of Pigs with DNAI1 Mutations and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.
Abou Alaiwa MA, Hilkin BM, Price MP, Gansemer ND, Rector MR, Stroik MR, Powers LS, Whitworth KM, Samuel MS, Jain A, Ostedgaard LS, Ernst SE, Philibert W, Boyken LD, Moninger TO, Karp PH, Hornick DB, Sinn PL, Fischer AJ, Pezzulo AA, McCray PB Jr, Meyerholz DK, Zabner J, Prather RS, Welsh MJ, Stoltz DA.bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Aug 21:2024.05.22.594822. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.22.594822.