Hira Shaikh, MBBS, Clinical Assistant Professor of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation (HOBMT), has received a 2026 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.

Manasa Nayak, PhD, and Gagan Flora, PhD, research assistant professors in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, and members of the laboratory of Anil Chauhan, MTech, PhD, have each earned awards from the American Society of Hematology (ASH)

Claudia Corwin, MD, MPH, has received the Alice Hamilton Award from the the Central States Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association (CSOEMA).

Joseph S. Dillon, MB, BCh, BAO, has been awarded one of the highest distinctions the Carver College of Medicine grants, the Dr. Ernest O. Theilen Clinical Teaching and Service Award.

Last month at the meeting of the Iowa Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), David Stoltz, MD, PhD, was presented with the chapter’s Hero of Hope Award.

Umar Farooq, MD, has accepted the role of Director for the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, after serving as interim director since 2025.

Martha Carvour, MD, PhD has earned the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, a national award given by Campus Compact in partnership with Brown University’s Swearer Center for Public Service.

Mohanraj Sadasivam, PhD, a researcher in the lab of Craig T Morita, MD, PhD was recently selected for the American Lung Association (ALA) Research Institute Team and earned a Catalyst Research Award.

For Alejandro Pezzulo, MD, associate professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, one of the most rewarding moments in his career transpired during a phone call with a parent whose child was enrolled in one of his recent research studies.

Kathleen Robinson, MD, PhD, was recently published in Obesity Science and Practice for her study to determine whether medical consultations affect treatment outcomes for patients undergoing incretin therapy.