People

Grace Tesene

Grace Tesene

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2026-2027)
Latham Fellow (2026-2027)
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Emily Thomas, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Emily Thomas

Emily Thomas, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology
Tawny Tibbits

Tawny Tibbits, MA

Title/Position
Director Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR)
Evie Tomschin

Evie Tomschin

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2026-2027)
Lorena Tran

Lorena Tran

Title/Position
2021-22 Latham Fellow
2022-2023 Latham TA
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Daniel Tranel, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Senior Director of Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship
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Emma Treco

Title/Position
2022-2023 Latham Fellow
Yuriy Usachev

Yuriy Usachev, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Professor of Anesthesia
John Paul Long Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Ava Vaillant

Ava Vaillant

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (Fall 2026)
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Steven Varga, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Dean, Graduate College
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Kristina Venzke

Title/Position
Associate Director, ISA
Michelle Voss

Michelle Voss , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor, Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
Constelle Votio

Constelle Votio

Title/Position
UI-IINSPIRE Intern (2026-2027)
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Thaddeus Wadas, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Radiology - Division of Nuclear Medicine
Co-Director, Theranostics Lab and Production Facility
Director, Small Animal Imaging Facility
Director, Wadas Laboratory
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Elizabeth Walker

Elizabeth Walker, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Scholar
Cong Wang

Cong Wang, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Faculty Research Engineer, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering
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Grace Wang

Title/Position
2022-2023 Latham Fellow
Edward Wasserman

Edward Wasserman, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Dewey B. Stuit Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Mary Weber

Mary Weber, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Stead Family Scholar
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Daniel Weeks, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Pediatrics
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Joshua Weiner, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Biology
Associate Dean for Research, CLAS
Associate Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Michael Wendt

Michael Wendt , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Everett White

Everett White

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
Latham Fellow (2025-2026)
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Florence Williams, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Ellie Wojcikowski

Ellie Wojcikowski

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
Kristan Worthington

Kristan Worthington , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor, Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering
Lucinda Wurz

Lucinda Wurz

Title/Position
Latham Fellow (2026-2027)
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Ling Yang, MD, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Shujie Yang

Shujie Yang, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Pathology