University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Chair of Internal Medicine

The University of Iowa has named Upinder Singh, MD as Chair of Internal Medicine at the Carver College of Medicine. 

Singh serves as Professor and Division Chief of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University. She is a physician-scientist with clinical expertise in infectious diseases, and her research interests include parasitology and COVID-19. She also serves as Associate Chair for faculty development in Stanford’s Department of Medicine.

Singh championed research efforts in COVID-19 by leading multiple investigator-initiated clinical trials in 2020, contributing to the leadership of large, national COVID-19 Treatment studies, including ACTIV-2, leading the Stanford hub for the NIH RECOVER study, and initiating the first study globally to study the effect of Paxlovid on Long-Covid. She also led efforts to establish a Long-Covid clinic at Stanford, which was launched in May 2021.

Singh earned her medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed residency and fellowship training at the University of Virginia Health System.

Stephanie Fidel and Amy Segal led this search with Sam Ruth and Maria Peña.

Read the full press release here.