Featuring: Stephanie Chen, MD; Kimberly Fiock, PhD; Daniel Griffin, MD; Deqin Ma, MD, PhD; Steven Moore, MD, PhD; Megan Samuelson, MD

Melissa Blessing, DO has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Forensic Sciences for the 2026–2031 term.

Tre’Andice Williams, a graduate student in Marco Hefti, PhD’s research laboratory, was accepted to the Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellowship for the 2026-27 term.

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

Aranza Pinedo, MD, M.Ed, M.MEd received the Pathologist in Training Best Abstract Award from the Renal Pathology Society at the 2026 USCAP annual meeting for her abstract “Training Gaps, Perceptions, and Career Interest in Nephropathology among U.S. Anatomic Pathology Residents: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study and Call to Action.”

Congratulations to Narges Firouzshahi, MS, a doctoral student in Marco Hefti, PhD’s research laboratory, who has received the Graduate College Summer Fellowship for Summer 2026.

Featuring: Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA; Aaruni Khanolkar, MBBS, PhD

Mohammad Heidarian, MSc receives the Ballard & Seashore Fellowship Award for Fall 2026 Semester. Heidarian is a student in our Experimental Pathology PhD program and a member of Vladimir Badovinac, PhD's research laboratory.

Featuring: Michael Knudson, MD, PhD; Nasreen Syed, MD

Shailesh K. Shahi, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, has received the Early Career Faculty Travel Grant Award from the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) to attend the annual IMMUNOLOGY2026 meeting, which will be held April 15–19, 2026, in Boston, Massachusetts.