Why Iowa?

Our professors will teach you the science, medicine, and social awareness necessary for a successful career in the health professions. You'll have resources and opportunities that only a world-class research university with a comprehensive teaching and research hospital can offer.

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As a health, sport, and human physiology student at Iowa, you'll get the best of both worlds—a health sciences education preparing you for your career and a broad liberal arts education showing you the world.

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You might be laser-focused on a specific career in the health and wellness sciences. Or maybe you want to see your options and uncover your professional path along the way. However it begins, you can write your own story at Iowa. Apply and begin your personal journey of exploration and discovery.

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Alumni with human physiology major accepted into graduate/medical school

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HSHP prepares to open new Exercise Oncology Clinic that aims to improve health outcomes for cancer patients and survivors

Monday, August 25, 2025
HSHP assistant professor Jessica Gorzelitz and Carver College of Medicine professor Heather Reisinger will oversee the nearly $650,000 project funded through the University of Iowa’s P3 initiative.

SRM alumna uplifts female athletes with new clothing company

Monday, August 18, 2025
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumna Jaecee Hall (BA24, MA24) founded her company Unbreakable Female Athlete to help address gender equity in sports.

CLAS students learn about health and wellness in some of the healthiest cities in the world

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Twenty students from the Department of Health, Sport, and Human Physiology ventured to Spain for three weeks to learn about the preventative side of health and wellness.

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