Featuring: Stephanie Chen, MD; Adam Dupuy, PhD

June's recipients are Paul Meyer, Anne O'Mara, Susan Parsons, and Samantha Pierson

We held our annual Resident and Fellow Farewell Dinner on June 12, 2026 at the McCord Club and celebrated with a delicious dinner, dessert, with remarks from our co-chief residents on each of the graduating residents and fellows. We also took the time to recognize the impactful work of our team members with several awards.

Featuring: Bing Li, PhD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Shailesh Shahi, PhD; Douglas Spitz, PhD

Frank Mitros, MD, has made contributions to the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine spanning generations of students, colleagues, and patients. His supportive, encouraging approach to teaching garnered him widespread recognition, including the University of Iowa’s Collegiate Teaching Award in 2004 and multiple Teacher of the Year honors from both medical students and pathology residents. The weekly conference he founded to bring together pathology and gastroenterology colleagues, now in its 50th year, has left an indelible mark on patient care.

Members of the John Harty, PhD and Vladimir Badovinac, PhD research labs recently investigated how peripheral vaccination can generate brain residing T cells with the capacity to defend against brain tumors.

Featuring: Bing Li, PhD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Shailesh Shahi, PhD; Douglas Spitz, PhD

Matthew Krasowski, MD, PhD receives Gerald T. Evans Award at the Academy for Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists annual conference.

A new study from Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD’s research laboratory at University of Iowa Health Care Department of Pathology provides evidence that the gut microbiome, the community of bacteria living in the digestive tract, may contribute to distinct colorectal cancer subtypes. Published in Gut Microbes, the study identifies bacterial signatures associated with tumor location and age at diagnosis and shows that specific bacteria can activate cancer-related pathways in laboratory models.

Featuring: Alexandra Isaacson, MD; Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA; Johanna Savage, MD