Dr. Banu Gumusoglu was a postdoc when nominated for the Dare to Discover series and now she’s an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as the Department of Psychiatry! Dr. Gumusoglu directs the Molecular Investigation of Neuroscience, Development, and Obstetrics Lab (MINDFOL). We are excited to watch Banu Gumusoglu launch her own lab studying pregnancy and brain health!

Avery wants to understand how the brain integrates multisensory info to make sense of the social world & how this process may be altered in autism spectrum disorder

Are you a 2023 or 2024 college graduate who is interested in neuroscience but not sure about next steps? Apply to iDREAM, a 2-year neuroscience post-baccalaureate program for recent graduates from colleges that don't offer bioscience PhDs

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.

This award honors an untenured faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding rapport with students and creates an exemplary classroom atmosphere.

Calvin Carter, PhD, assistant professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology in the University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and a member of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, is one of 58 early-career scientists from across the nation to receive a 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

Marie Gaine, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology is featured in Iowa Magazine.