News Archive

Dr. Shailesh Shahi, Stephanie Peterson and Ti-Ara Turner from Dr. Mangalam’s Laboratory Win Travel Awards for the 2023 Annual American Association of Immunology Meeting

Thursday, May 4, 2023
Dr. Shailesh K. Shahi (Faculty Associate) received an American Association of Immunology (AAI) Early Career Faculty Travel Grant to attend the upcoming annual AAI meeting in Washington D.C. In addition, Stephanie Peterson received an AAI Trainee Abstract Award and Ti-Ara Turner received an AAI Trainee Poster Award to attend the same meeting. Stephanie and Ti-Ara are graduate students in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology. All three are working in the laboratory of Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam.

Kimberly Fiock Successfully Defends her Ph.D. Thesis and is Awarded a Graduate Research Excellence Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research

Thursday, April 27, 2023
Kimberly Fiock successfully defended her doctoral thesis in early April and became the first student to graduate from the Experimental Pathology Ph.D. Program. Kimberly’s thesis is entitled Drivers of Astrocytic Tau Pathology in 4R Tauopathies. She performed her dissertation work in the laboratory of Dr. Marco Hefti where she used a combination of human tissue and human-derived stem cell models to answer questions about how the tau protein contributes to different types of neurodegenerative diseases.

Mallory Shin is awarded a Fall, 2023 Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship

Monday, April 17, 2023
Mallory Shin is awarded a Fall, 2023 Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship. The Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship is awarded to students to recognize their distinguished academic achievements and to provide protected time for research. Mallory is a Ph.D. candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience working in the laboratory of Dr. Marco Hefti.

Dr. Kai Rogers receives the "Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Grant" from The Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists

Monday, March 13, 2023
Dr. Kai Rogers, a second-year pathology resident, has been awarded a grant entitled “Exploring functional changes in peripheral T-lymphocyte populations in patients undergoing extracorporeal photopheresis” from The Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS).

Drs. Allen Choi and Nathanael Christensen will serve as Co-Chiefs for 2023

Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Words from our new Co-Chiefs: "It is an honor and a privilege to be entrusted by our co-residents and faculty to fill the chief resident role. We follow in the footsteps of past chiefs working in tandem with residency leadership to build a longstanding tradition of excellence. We are excited to work closely with our dedicated faculty and amazing co-residents to enhance the resident experience at Iowa and to advance our national reputation."

UIHC Molecular Pathology Lab FSHD Testing Contributes to NIEHS Intramural Research

Monday, February 27, 2023
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health, led by Dr. Natalie Shaw, have found that a toxic protein made by the body called DUX4 may be the cause of two very different rare genetic disorders. For patients who have facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), or a rare facial malformation called arhinia, this research discovery may eventually lead to therapies that can help people with these rare diseases. Their latest publication is the subject of a February 17, 2023 NIH press release (https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2023/february17/index.cfm).

Drs. Kevin Legge and Thomas Waldschmidt receive a five-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health

Monday, February 13, 2023
Drs. Legge and Waldschmidt, along with key collaborators, previously documented the ability of intranasally administered nanoparticle-based influenza vaccines to induce both homologous and heterologous protection against IAV infection. The current project will further optimize the nanoparticle-based influenza vaccine designed for intranasal administration.

Dr. Bing Li is appointed as Director of the newly formed Iowa Cancer and Obesity Initiative

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Dr. Bing Li, the Endowed Professor in Cancer Immunology Research in the Department of Pathology, has been appointed Director of the newly formed Iowa Cancer and Obesity Initiative by the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Bing Li receives a Bridge to the Cure Award from the University of Iowa Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center

Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Dr. Bing Li is the most recent recipient of a Bridge to the Cure Award from the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (FOEDRC). The Bridge to a Cure initiative is designed to support members of the FOEDRC to accelerate promising research aimed at the development of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes.

In a recent Cell Reports article, Dr. Bing Li and colleagues demonstrated a high fat diet rich in fish oil induces hair loss via epidermal fatty acid binding protein in skin macrophages.

Monday, December 19, 2022
In a recent Cell Reports article, Dr. Bing Li and colleagues demonstrated a high fat diet rich in fish oil induces hair loss via epidermal fatty acid binding protein in skin macrophages. The study was funded by the NIH. In addition to Drs. Hao and Li, the team included Rong Jin, Jun Zeng, Yuan Hua, Matthew S. Yorek, Lianliang Liu, Anita Mandal, Junling Li, Huaiyu Zheng, Yanwen Sun, Yanmei Yi, Di Yin, Qi Zheng, Xiaohong Li, Chin K. Ng, Eric C. Rouchka, Nejat K. Egilmez, and Ali Jabbari.