Dr. Helms has a long-standing interest in immunization, respiratory tract infections and the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and immunology of Legionnaires' disease. He is the director of the Iowa site of the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, a federally funded project to provide programs for AIDS training and education to midwest health professionals.

• Associate Dean, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1986-90
• Director, Iowa Site, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC)
• Former Chief of Staff, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• Medical Director, Office of Clinical Quality, Safety and Performance Improvement

• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine and Board of Infectious Diseases
• American College of Physicians, Fellow
• Laureate Award, American College of Physicians, Iowa Chapter, 1997
• Central Society for Clinical Research
• Infectious Diseases Society of America, Fellow
• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow
• Sigma Xi
• National Vaccine Advisory Committee, United States Department of Health and Human Services
• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Centers for Disease Control

Medical School:
University of Rochester

Graduate School:
Microbiology, University of Rochester

Residency:
Massachusetts General Hospital

Fellowship:
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Special Training:
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, Majority Staff, United States Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Washington, D.C., 1985-86