UI-MARC Program Mentors

Tori Forbes

Tori Forbes, Ph.D.

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

Vincent G.J. Rodgers, Ph.D.

Co-PI, UI-LSAMP
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ted Abel

Ted Abel, Ph.D.

Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Benji Baran

Bengi Baran, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Alexander Bassuk, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology
Chair, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Mark Blumberg

Mark Blumberg, Ph.D.

F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Azeez Butali, Ph.D.

Professor of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine
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Marcelo Correia, MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism
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David Cwiertny, Ph.D.

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
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Sandra Daack-Hirsch, Ph.D.

Professor, College of Nursing
Executive Associate Dean, Nursing

UI-MARC Program Students

Sofia Gomez

Sofia Gomez

UI-MARC Trainee
2021-22 Latham Fellow
Science Alliance Intern
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Bryan Guevara

2022-2023 Latham Fellow
2021- 2023 UI-MARC Trainee
2020-21 Science Alliance Intern
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Ciara Harrington

UI-MARC Trainee
2021-2022 UI-LSAMP Intern
Jordan Luna

Jordan Luna

UI-MARC Trainee
IBA Scholar
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Delia Mozqueda

UI-MARC Trainee
Odysseus Orr

Odysseus Orr

UI-MARC Trainee
2020-21 Science Alliance Intern
Josh Peterson

Joshua Peterson

UI-MARC Trainee
2020-21 IBA Scholar
Elizabeth Walker

Elizabeth Walker

UI-MARC Trainee
Science Alliance Intern