News Archive

Neil Lefebure recipient of Good Catch Award

Monday, October 11, 2021
Neil Lefebure, Staff Nurse in DeGowin Blood Center, is a recent recipient of a UI Health Care Good Catch Award.

Monisha Mittal successfully defends her MS Thesis

Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Monisha Mittal successfully defended her MS thesis this past June and completed the Pathology MS program.

Dr. Dao-Fu Dai receives a Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association

Monday, August 23, 2021
Dr. Dao-Fu Dai received a three-year SDG grant from the American Heart Association entitled "The Role of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) in Cardiomyocytes".

Patrick Nuro-Gyina successfully defends and publishes his PhD thesis

Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Patrick Nuro-Gyina successfully defended his PhD thesis this past July and completed his graduate program. Patrick’s thesis is entitled HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Nedd4 is Required for Anti-Fungal Innate Immunity.
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Dr. Nitin Karandikar renews VA MERIT grant and also receives the VA Senior Clinician Scientist Investigator (SCSI) Award

Thursday, July 15, 2021
Dr. Nitin Karandikar successfully renewed his VA Merit Award, entitled “Immunotherapeutic Regulatory CD8 T cells in Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease.”

Dr. Vladimir Badovinac will serve on the Immunity and Host Defense (IHD) NIH study section for 3-year term starting July 1st, 2021

Thursday, July 1, 2021
Dr Badovinac has been appointed to standing membership of the Immunity and Host Defense (IHD) Study Section...

Drs. Mangalam, Legge, Ganesan and Taylor receive a Carver Trust COVID-19 Pilot Collaborative Award

Thursday, June 3, 2021
The grant, entitled Unraveling the Role of Saliva in COVID-19 Pathogenesis Using a Comprehensive Multi-omics Approach, will involve...

Iowa Association of Pathologists Award Winners 2021

Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Jane Persons and Kai Rogers received the Special Achievement in Pathology Award...

Steven Moore receives Impact Scholar award April 27, 2021 from Dean Brooks Jackson

Tuesday, May 4, 2021
On April 27th, Dr. Steven Moore was recognized as a silver level Impact Scholar...

Samantha Jensen Defends her PhD Thesis

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Samantha Jensen (PhD in Immunology) recently defended her thesis entitled A Phytoestrogen Diet Alters Autoimmune Disease through Modulation of Gut Microbiome and Host Immune Response...