People

Lori Adams

Lori Adams, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director, Iowa Sciences Academy
Co-PI, UI-MARC; Co-PI, UI-LSAMP
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Biology
Tori Forbes

Tori Forbes, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Co-PI, UI-MARC
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Vincent Rodgers

Vincent G.J. Rodgers, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Co-PI, UI-LSAMP
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Waad Abdella

Title/Position
UI-LSAMP Intern (2023-2024)
Ted Abel

Ted Abel, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience
Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Aayusha Adhikari

Aayusha Adhikari

Title/Position
Latham Fellow (2023-2024)
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Saba Rasheed Ali, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Research Team LSAMP
Professor of Counseling Psychology
Associate Dean for Research, College of Education
Morgan Anderson

Morgan Anderson

Title/Position
Latham Fellow (2023-2024)
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Mirra Anson, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Senior Director, Academic Support and Retention, University College
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Joan Aune

Title/Position
Administrative Services Coordinator
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Hannah Back

Title/Position
UI-MARC Trainee (2023-2024)
Kelly Baker

Kelly Baker, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Occupational and Environmental Health
Benji Baran

Bengi Baran, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Ana Barroso

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2023-2024)
Elizabeth Barroso

Elizabeth Barroso

Title/Position
UI-MARC Trainee (2023-2024)
Science Alliance Intern (2022-2023)
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Alexander Bassuk, M.D., Ph.D.

Title/Position
Chair, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief, Stead Family Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics - General Neurology
Professor of Neurology
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Melissa Bates

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Health and Human Physiology
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Andrew Beckett, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Dean, University College
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Cole Belcher

Title/Position
UI_MARC Trainee (2023-2024)
Nick Benson

Nick Benson, JD

Title/Position
Director, Office of Community Engagement
Krishna Bharadwaj

Krishna Bharadwaj

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (Spring 2024)
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Josie Bliss

Title/Position
IBA Scholar 2021-Present
Mark Blumberg

Mark Blumberg, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor, Department Chair, University of Iowa Distinguished Chair
Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Nicole Boodhoo

Title/Position
Latham Fellow (2023-2024)
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Terry Braun, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Hansjoerg E.J.W. Kolder MD Associate Professor in Best Disease Research
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Researcher, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Director of Coordinated Laboratory for Computational Genomics
Researcher, Institute for Vision Research
Chris Brochu

Chris Brochu , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gordon Buchanan

Gordon Buchanan, MD, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Neurology
Beth L. Tross Epilepsy Professor
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Jacques Bugumba

Title/Position
UI-LSAMP Intern (2023-2024)
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Azeez Butali, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine
College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics
Martha Carvour

Martha Carvour, MD, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases