Spotlight on Current and Future Research is a new short-talk seminar series, hosted by Dr. Brooks Jackson, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, featuring a small number of presentations by CCOM investigators to share research ideas, discoveries and a discussion of their current work and future plans for realizing their research aims. A reception will follow to provide the opportunity for discussion and collaboration.
Upcoming Events
Monday, September 26, 2022, 4:00-5:00pm, Kelch Conference Room (1289 CBRB)/Zoom - email erin-brothers@uiowa.edu for Zoom link
- Georgina Aldridge, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
"When Dementia Doesn’t Make You Forget: Modeling Non-amnestic Dementia in Mice" - Katherine Mathews, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
"An Unusual Phenomenon of Acute Weakness in Children with Dystroglycanopathy" - Philip Polgreen, MD, MPH, Professor of Internal Medicine
"Discovering the Health Effects Associated with the CF Carrier" - Matthew Potthoff, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
"FGF21: A Liver-to-Brain Endocrine Pathway Regulating Sugar and Alcohol Intake"
Future Events
December 2022, date TBD
Past Events
Monday, March 7, 2022, 5:00-6:00pm, Zoom - Request Zoom link
- 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"
Monday, December 6, 2021, 4:00-5:00pm, Kelch Conference Room (1289 CBRB)/Zoom
- John Fingert, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"Genetic Studies of Glaucoma" - David Gordon, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
"Targeting Developmental Pathways in Pediatric Sarcomas" - Dawn Quelle, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
"Improving Immunotherapy for Poorly Responding Cancers" - Dilek Ince, MD, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
"COVID-19 Clinical Research: From Treatment to Vaccines"
Monday, September 13, 2021, 5:00-6:00pm, Pediatrics Conference Center/Zoom
- Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology
"A Gut Feeling in Multiple Sclerosis: Breaking Down the Role of the Microbiome" - Krystal Parker, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
"Cerebellar Modulations of Thalamocortical Circuitry" - Gail Bishop, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"Molecular Regulation of Lymphocyte Activation" - Joseph Cullen, MD, Professor of Surgery
"Pharmacological Ascorbate as a Radiosensitizer/Radioprotector"
Monday, March 29, 2021, 5:00-6:00pm, Zoom
- Pamela Geyer, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry
“Mitosis without nuclear envelope breakdown: Implications for stem cell homeostasis” - Ferhaan Ahmad, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
“New Inroads into Heart Failure Genetics” - Deniz Atasoy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
“Deciphering central counterregulatory pathways to prevent hypoglycemia unawareness” - Jessica Sieren, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Division of Physiologic Imaging
“Maximizing the potential of quantitative computed tomography for evaluating pulmonary diseases”
Monday, December 7, 2020, 4:00-5:00 pm, Zoom
- Hanna Stevens, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
"Origins of neurodevelopmental disorders: from brain to placenta" - Samuel Young, PhD, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
"Synaptic Control of Auditory Information Processing" - Wendy Maury, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"A novel approach for controlling SARS-CoV-2 infection: bemcentinib inhibition of AXL signaling" - Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology
"Of cortex and cognition in Parkinson's disease"
Monday, March 2, 2020, 5:00-6:00 pm, East Room (8th Floor JCP), UIHC
- Ling Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
"Organelle Stress Response in the Context of Obesity" - Mark Santillan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
"Diagnosing and Treating Preeclampsia: What Do Your Brain and Urine Have To Do With It?" - Kris DeMali, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry
"Integrating Cell Mechanics and Metabolism" - Bryan Allen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
"Reducing Age Associated Cancer Therapy Toxicity"
Monday, December 2, 2019, 4:00-5:00 pm, 1459 PBDB
- Maria Spies, PhD, Professor Biochemistry
"DNA Repair: from Molecular Mechanisms to New Cancer Therapeutics" - Hatem El-Shanti, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
"An Approach to Gene Discovery in Complex Disorders" - Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD, Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
"Efforts to Solve the Chronic Pain Epidemic Through the HEAL Initiative" - Julien Sebag, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
"Identification of Insulin Sensitizers Using High-Throughput Screening"
Monday, September 30, 2019, 5:00-6:00 pm, East Room (8th Floor JCP), UIHC
- Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
"New Directions in Melanoma/Sarcoma Treatment" - Jeremy Greenlee, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
"Using Neurosurgery to Understand Speech Production" - Sue Bodine, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine
"Understanding the Role of MuRF1 and Other E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in the Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Mass" - Mary Weber, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"Unraveling the Mechanisms of Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar-Specific Disease"
Thursday, June 20, 2019, 4:00-5:00 pm, Robert P. Kelch Conference Room (1289 CBRB)
- Aaron Boes, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
"Predicting outcomes from stroke based on lesion location" - Laura Rogers, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
"Identifying molecular strategies to enhance intratumoral T cell infiltration" - Laurie Gutmann, MD, Clinical Professor of Neurology
"Clinical Research Networks and Clinical Trial Design" - Bradley Van Voorhis, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
"Improvements in IVF outcomes through big data analysis"