Iowa has the fastest-rising cancer rate in the nation and the second-highest incidence, and decades of research and data tracking — while providing clues and pieces to the puzzle — has yet to produce a clear understanding of why.
Center for Health Effect of Environmental Contamination Director, David Cwiertny (from left), IIHR-HydroScience and Engineering Director, Larry J. Weber and Kyle J. And Sharon Krause Family Foundation Co-Founder Sharon Krause speak during a press conference announcing the UI launch of the INSIGHT program at C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory on the University of Iowa Campus in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. The program will help advance the understanding of how environmental risk factors affect human health.
University of Iowa civil engineering professor David Cwiertny, director of the UI Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, answers a question during a Wednesday, June 3, 2026, news conference announcing creation of a UI program to research how environmental risk factors affect human health.
Larry Weber, who directs the University of Iowa’s IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering Center, speaks at a Wednesday, June 3, 2026, news conference in Iowa City announcing the launch of the INSIGHT program at the UI. The program will research how environmental risk factors affect human health.
Sharon Krause, cofounder of the Kyle J. And Sharon Krause Family Foundation, speaks during a Wednesday, June 3, 2026, news conference announcing the of the INSIGHT program at the University of Iowa.
Larry Weber, who directs the University of Iowa’s IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering Center, speaks at a Wednesday, June 3, 2026, news conference in Iowa City announcing the launch of the INSIGHT program at the UI. The program will research how environmental risk factors affect human health.
Sharon Krause, cofounder of the Kyle J. And Sharon Krause Family Foundation, speaks during a Wednesday, June 3, 2026, news conference announcing the of the INSIGHT program at the University of Iowa.
Center for Health Effect of Environmental Contamination Director, David Cwiertny (from left), IIHR-HydroScience and Engineering Director, Larry J. Weber and Kyle J. And Sharon Krause Family Foundation Co-Founder Sharon Krause speak during a press conference announcing the UI launch of the INSIGHT program at C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory on the University of Iowa Campus in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. The program will help advance the understanding of how environmental risk factors affect human health.
University of Iowa civil engineering professor David Cwiertny, director of the UI Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, answers a question during a Wednesday, June 3, 2026, news conference announcing creation of a UI program to research how environmental risk factors affect human health.
