Director Spotlight

On location with Neuroscience Program Director Daniel Tranel, PhD

"Join the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Iowa and become part of the bright team of scientists trying to solve the mystery of the human brain."

Iowa Neuroscience Institute

Provides collaborative support for the neuroscience community.

IDGP Neuroscience Events

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Avery Van De Water promotional image

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Avery Van De Water

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 1:00pm
Spence Labs

Avery Van De Water is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Their research has been conducted in Dorit Kliemann's laboratory.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Angela Smith promotional image

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Angela Smith

Tuesday, November 10, 2026 11:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Angela Smith is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in both Kathleen Sluka's and Stephanie Gantz's laboratories.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

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Outstanding Alumni 

Alex Petrucci

Alex Petrucci

Eric Emmons

Eric Emmons

Katelyn Joyal

Katelyn Joyal

Victoria Muller Ewald

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DISSERTATION PRIZE WINNERS AWARDED BY THE GRADUATE COLLEGE. Joseph Parvizi, Michael Koenigs, and Benton Purnell (right), Katelyn Joyal EARNED THE SPRIESTERSBACH DISSERTATION PRIZE. Matthew Sutterer, Arianna Rigon, Banu Gumusoglu, Victoria Muller E
Benton Purnell
Serena Gumusoglu
"The fact that I was able to perform at this level and do this work is representative of this program. The strength of the Neuroscience Program at the University of Iowa is what makes it such a destination program for people.”

Banu Gumusoglu, PhD

2020 winner, Rex Montgomery Dissertation Prize

Carver College of Medicine Research Events

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, September 9, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, August 12, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, July 8, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, June 10, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, May 13, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, April 8, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, March 11, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting

Neuroscience News

Serena Gumusoglu conducts research in her mentor's lab.

Banu Gumusoglu, PhD, a University of Iowa postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Iowa Neuroscience Institute, has won a 2023 Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Dr. Gumusoglu, a 2020 graduate of the UI Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratories of Mark Santillan, MD, PhD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Donna Santillan, PhD, research associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology.
20231101Aislinn Williams James N Murray Faculty Award

Congratulations to Aislinn Williams, Md, PhD, who is the recipient of the James N. Murray Faculty Award

Saturday, October 28, 2023
This award honors an untenured faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding rapport with students and creates an exemplary classroom atmosphere.
2021_09_24-Pharmacy - Gaine Lab

Iowa Researcher Examines the Link Between Sleep and Neurodegeneration

Monday, September 25, 2023
Marie Gaine, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology is featured in Iowa Magazine.
20230707 Headshot_Brooke Yeager_Profile

Congratulations to student Brooke Yeager, winner of the 2023 Kwak-Ferguson Fellowship for an upper level graduate student working in the area of neurodegenerative diseases

Friday, July 7, 2023
University of Iowa graduate student Brooke Yeager has won the 2023 Kwak-Ferguson Fellowship, a $10,000 award from the Iowa Neuroscience Institute for an upper level graduate student working in the area of neurodegenerative diseases. Brooke uses a multi-modal approach to address the neurophysiological origins of cognitive impairments in Parkinson’s disease. This fellowship is supported by a gift through the University of Iowa Center for Advancement.