🎓 Neuroscience Alumni Spotlight: Timothy Skog, PhD ('23)

Curious about career paths beyond academia? One of our Neuroscience alumni is coming back to share what he’s learned!

Join us on Tuesday, September 29 as Timothy Skog, PhD ('23) is featured in the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Career Development Series.

Dr. Skog is currently a Senior Medical Writer with Trilogy Writing & Consulting and will be talking about:

📝 “Regulatory Medical Writing: Career, Skills & Opportunities”

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🎓 Neuroscience Alumni Spotlight: McCall Sarrett, PhD ('20)

From Herky to Duo: A Career in the Cognitive Science of Learning

Interested in learning what a career beyond academia can look like for a Neuroscience PhD?

Join us for the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Career Development Series, featuring Neuroscience program alumna McCall Sarrett, PhD ('20)!

McCall will share her career journey from the University of Iowa to her current role as a Learning Scientist at Duolingo, where she applies...

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Constanza J. Cortes, PhD
2026 Neuroscience Research Day – Monday, November 2, 2026

We are excited to welcome Constanza J. Cortes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, to the University of Iowa for this year's Neuroscience Research Day.

Dr. Cortes's research explores the intersection of exercise, brain aging, skeletal muscle, and Alzheimer’s disease, with a particular focus on how...

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.