Six new projects cutting across multiple colleges at the University of Iowa will be funded by the Seeding Excellence Initiative, a targeted pilot project program managed by the UI’s Research Development Office. Two department faculty members have significant roles in two of those projects. These 18-month, $47,000 grants will allow the research teams the opportunity […]
Wenjie Yu, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Welsh Lab in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, earned a Catalyst Award from the American Lung Association (ALA) in the amount of $50,000 per year for two years for his project, Submucosal Gland Hypertrophy in a Porcine Model of PCD: Histological, Cellular, and […]
Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, received his first R01, a five-year, $3.6M award from the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Abou Alaiwa’s project will investigate the mechanisms of mucociliary transport (MCT), the continual process by which inhaled and aspirated pathogens are trapped and expelled from […]
For decades, the University of Iowa has been home to some of the most significant advancements in our understanding and treatment of cystic fibrosis. A recent $3.63M/five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Drs. David Stoltz and Joseph Zabner may lead to the next ground-breaking discovery. […]
Dr. Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, has recently begun work on an early-career grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The K08 award is also known as a Mentored Clinical Scientists Research Career Development Award and will provide support and protected time to Dr. Abou Alaiwa under […]
Several members of the Department of Internal Medicine were recognized at the The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development’s “Celebrating Excellence: Discovery and Innovation Awards Ceremony” on Wednesday, April 13. Two undergraduate students, UI juniors Maya Amjadi and Nicholas McCarty, received the Excellence in Undergraduate Research award for their work. Ms. Amjadi’s […]