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Dr. E. Dale Abel receives multiple honors

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhDDr. E. Dale Abel, Chair and DEO of Internal Medicine in the Carver College of Medicine, Director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center and member of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative at the University of Iowa, will receive the Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) Medallion from the NMRI for his years of significant service and contribution to the network at the network’s annual meeting to be held in April 2017.

Additionally, Dr. Abel has recently received a 2017 Distinguished Mentor Award from the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU). This award recognizes outstanding mentorship of undergraduate students in research and creative projects and entitles recipients to funding for an ICRU Research Fellowship for a student in the upcoming academic year.

Furthermore, Dr. Abel was recently appointed to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health as well as elected to the American Clinical and Climatological Association.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 28, 2017