Introducing APPIL, I-CLIC, and IIBI

APPIL also strives to rapidly use emerging insights for the translation of new image-based methodologies into tools that are applicable to the broader research community and clinical practice for the improved diagnosis, phenotyping, and treatment of lung disease.

3D Image of a Lung

Research Posters

A collection of our ATS posters throughout the years of participating research. 

3D Image of a Lung

Facilities and Resources

Our lab uses a variety of technologies to achieve breakthroughs in research, within a 2500-square-foot CT imaging facility.

APPIL Group Photo

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labs
Some more images of lungs

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Collaborators
X-Ray of a Lung

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Years of Research

Events

Mobile Clinic - Columbus Junction promotional image

Mobile Clinic - Columbus Junction

Sunday, November 1, 2026 11:00am to 2:00pm
Columbus Junction
Mobile Clinic
Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Alexa Sheehan promotional image

Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Alexa Sheehan

Monday, November 2, 2026 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Alexa Sheehan is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Rebecca Dodd's laboratory.

If you are not able to attend in person, please consider showing your support by attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the Zoom link.

2026 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Constanza J. Cortes, PhD promotional image

2026 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Constanza J. Cortes, PhD

Monday, November 2, 2026 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

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