from the division director
Pictures of our division, some at work and some at our events away from work.
Dr. Baum and Dr. Power both submitted abstracts of their research to the Pediatric Research Day 2026 event. Both had their work chosen as “Best Senior Fellow Abstracts” and were invited to give research talks at the event, held on April 10. Congrats to both!
A group picture of most of our division – taken December 2025, including faculty, fellows, nurse practitioners, nursing, pharmD, dietary, scheduling, MAs, administrative, and research personnel.
Multiple nurses, docs, an emerita, a pharmacist and spouses from our division on the dance floor shortly after the marriage of Haylee and Sam. Cheers to the newlyweds!
We celebrated the retirement of Rich, endocrinology nurse. We have blessed for over a decade by Rich’s excellence and deep clinical experience, not to mention his collection of weekly humorous memes. Today, we had a luncheon in his honor, complete with anime masks. We wish him a rich journey in retirement.
Multiple division members attended the 2025 fund raising Gala for Breakthrough T1D in Cedar Rapids on November 1st. Breakthrough T1D is the leading non-profit fund raising organization aiming to drive research that finds cures for type 1 diabetes.
At the Gala: Pediatric Diabetes Nurses ready to help with the challenges of T1D!!!
Breakthrough T1D Promise Gala: some of the division attendees and friends!!!
Today we celebrated Teresa, who brings 45 years of administrative knowledge to our division every day!
Today we had a quick lunch time gathering to fête Dr. A, who is expecting.
Diabetes Nurse Kaitelynn has been nominated for a Daisy Award, not once but twice this summer! The Daisy Award recognizes nurses who exemplify skillful and compassionate care to patients and their families. She is pictured below being presented with one of her Daisy pins and letters. We’ve notice that she already has several Daisy pins on her badge, evidence that she is so great with patients and their families. Thanks Kaitelynn for being one of our group of amazing pediatric diabetes nurses!!
Much of the Division gathered on a Saturday in early June to celebrate Dr. Palmer’s 3 years of Fellowship.
Nurse Ashley presents Dr. Palmer with an apropos book celebrating his almost completion of pediatric endocrine Fellowship!
Also this month, several division faculty attended the Departmental celebration of graduating fellows, picture to follow immediately below.
