CCOM Spotlight on Current & Future Research - Mar. 7, 2022

These quarterly short-talk seminars, hosted by Dr. Brooks Jackson, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, will feature a small number of presentations by CCOM investigators invited by Dr. Jackson to share research ideas, discoveries and a discussion of their current work and future plans for realizing their research aims.  

This event will take place via Zoom at https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95685546904.  Please contact the Office of Research at com-research@uiowa.edu for the passcode.  

PRESENTERS:

Noah Butler, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"Mechanisms of immune dysfunction in malaria"

Diana Jalal, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
"Towards a better understanding of inflammation in chronic kidney disease; a translational patient-based approach"

Yuriy Usachev, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
"The Complement Cascade in Neuro-immune Interaction and Chronic Pain"

Ruth Chimenti, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
"Building toward a multi-site clinical trial to reduce pain for patients with Achilles tendinopathy"