Featuring: Abdelrahman Barakat, MBBCh; Adam Dupuy, PhD; Zizhen Kang, PhD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Huy Gia Vuong, PhD; Yuhang Wang, PhD; Yiqin Xiong, PhD; Meeta Yadav, MBBS, DCH

University of Iowa Health Care’s rare “brain bank” has contributed to a new study published in Nature that shows that repetitive head impact (RHI)-related brain injuries result in brain cell loss, inflammation, and vascular damage in young, former contact sport athletes. Importantly, many of these detrimental changes were seen in young athletes before the onset of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain condition that leads to problems with thinking and emotional regulation.

Featuring: Sudeep Ghimire, PhD; Peter Lehman, MS; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Apruva Patel, PhD; Meeta Yadav, MBBS, DCH

Aditya Joglekar and Quynh Pham, mentored by Nitin Karandikar, MD, PhD and Shujie Yang, PhD, were presented with the Richard G. Lynch Award Excellence in Pathology Research at the Medical Student Research Conference.

Featuring: Sudeep Ghimire, PhD; Peter Lehman, MS; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Apruva Patel, PhD; Meeta Yadav, MBBS, DCH

Shravan Kumar Kannan receives Ballard & Seashore Dissertation Fellowship for Spring 2026 Semester. Kannan is an Immunology PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology and member of Vladimir Badovinac, PhD's research laboratory.

Featuring: Andrew Bellizzi, MD; Mohamed Eletrebi, MBBCh; Kimberly Fiock, PhD; Matthew Gosse, MD; Marco Hefti, MD

Kshitija Kale, MD. receives Ballard & Seashore Fellowship Award for Spring 2026 Semester. Dr. Kale is a student in our Experimental Pathology PhD program and a member of Nitin Karandikar, MD, PhD's research laboratory.

Featuring: Marco Hefti, MD; Kimberly Fiock, PhD; David Meyerholz, DVM, PhD

After 22 years in the Department of Pathology, Dr. Marcus Nashelsky has retired.