Featuring: Vincent Liu, MD, FAAD; Dawn Quelle, PhD; Jianyu Yu, BS

The Special Achievement in Pathology M4 Award is given by the University of Iowa Department of Pathology in conjunction with the Iowa Association of Pathologists (IAP). This recognition is awarded to graduating M4s who showed exceptional interest in or aptitude for pathology or pathology-related research.

Featuring: Zuohui Zhang; Wen Wen; Di Hu; Hui Li; Hong Lin; Jia Luo, PhD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; David K. Meyerholz, DVM, PhD

Dr. Shailesh Shahi has been awarded a three-year research grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for his project titled, “Determining how obesity alters the gut microbiota to drive the severity of CNS autoimmune inflammatory disease.”

Featuring: Sudeep Ghimire, PhD; Zizhen Kang, PhD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Dawn Quelle, PhD; Anand Rajan KD, MBBS; Yuhang Wang, PhD

Featuring: Vincent Liu, MD, FAAD; David K. Meyerholz, DVM, PhD

Featuring: Vladimir Badovinac, PhD; David K. Meyerholz, DVM, PhD; Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Brad Seaton, Clinical Department Administrator of the University of Iowa Department of Pathology, was elected to serve on the Academic Pathology Executives Section (APEX) Council as the Midwest Regional Representative.

Featuring: Anand Rajan KD, MBBS; Stephanie J. Chen, MD; Osorio Lopes Abath Neto, MD, PhD; Yiqin Xiong, MD, PhD

April's recipients include Brenna Lamm, Grace Wani, and Erin Weyers.