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The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine is one of the top biomedical research institutions in the nation and ranked 41^st overall and 20^th among public medical schools for NIH funding in FY14.  The U.S. News and World Report research ranking places the College 11^th among public institutions, and the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics ranked 24^th overall and 13^th in NIH funding among all public pediatric departments nationwide in FY14. The facilities for patient-care, education, and research are outstanding.
 
The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics comprises the medical and research staff of UI Children’s Hospital.  The University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s top-ranked pediatric care and research institutions. It is the only university-affiliated hospital in Iowa devoted solely to the care of infants, children, adolescents and young adults, and is Iowa’s only accredited Level 1 Regional Resource Pediatric Trauma Center.  In 2015-2016, UI Children's Hospital ranked in nine children’s specialties in U.S. News and World Report, including cancer, cardiology/heart surgery, diabetes/endocrinology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology/neurosurgery, orthopaedics, pulmonology, and urology. A new 189-bed children’s hospital is scheduled to open in 2016.