Research
Resources for Researchers
Research Administration - Internal Medicine
The Department of Internal Medicine Research Administration Office is a resource for pre-award and post-award research management. We are committed to ensuring our customer base has adequate support to submit grants as well as manage funding after award. Additionally, we provide management of start-up, bridging and retention packages as well as postdoc and graduate student appointments.
Contacts and Responsibilities
Research Administration Staff act as resources for a portfolio of assigned responsibilities. The assignments are as follows:

Lori Bassler
Director, Research Administration & Financial Operations
loretta-bassler@uiowa.edu
319-335-6947
Responsibilites: Pre-award Proposal Budget Development; Departmental Research Budget; NIH NRSAs & T32s; Industry Fellowships; Effort Reporting; Data Analysis; Post-award NIH, VA and Association Awards

Angela Hester
Research Support Specialist
angela-hester@uiowa.edu
319-335-6993
Responsibilities: Pre & Post-award grant submission and financial support for Immunology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenteroloy/Hepatology, General Internal Medicine, Infectious Disesases, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, Pulmonary, and Rheumatology; Database Management; Subaward Processing; Postaward Financial Assistance

Necole Miller
Research Manager
necole-miller@uiowa.edu
319-335-5175
Responsibilites: Pre & Post-award NIH and Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial Awards

Dianna Penny
Administrative Support Coordinator (part-time)
dianna-penny@uiowa.edu
319-335-8588
Responsibilities: Assistance with CAYUSE, UIRIS Proposal Routing, Postaward Financial Assistance

Qunli Shi
Administrative Support Coordinator (part-time)
qunli-shi@uiowa.edu
319-353-5178
Website Design (for laboratories)
Laboratory Website Design
Faculty and research web services are designed to support the professional, academic, scholarly, and research needs of the University of Iowa - Department of Internal Medicine faculty and researchers. In addition to having their profiles on the Internal Medicine website, many researchers also have their own websites describing the work of the lab to foster collaborative activities and recruit talented trainees and staff.
Sample Design

Eligibility
All faculty members affiliated with the Department of Internal Medicine are eligible and encouraged to have a Laboratory Research site designed, hosted and maintained by the department.
Cost: Free
Contact Us
Lori Strommer Pace
Creative Media Specialist
lori-strommer@uiowa.edu
Core Research Facilities
The Core Research Facilities are a collection of centralized laboratories dedicated to developing and providing state-of-the-art research resources to facilitate biomedical research. They are available on a fee-for-service basis to the entire health sciences community as well as outside entities.
Facilities available to Carver College of Medicine investigators include:
Bioengineering, Biosafety Labs and cGMP Facilities | |
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Bioengineering Services | Mark Heston |
Biosafety Level III Laboratories | Dana Ries |
Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing | Center Contact |
High Throughput Screening | |
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Flow Cytometry Facility | Heath Vignes |
High Throughput Screening Facility | Dave Roman |
Research Adiminstration | |
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Internal Medicine - Research Administration | Loretta Bassler |
Reagent Resources | |
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Biochemistry Stores | Justin Rogers |
Biomedical Research Store | Julie Steele (Enzymes) Sue Ross-Barta (Media) Kevin Knudtson, PhD |
Hybridoma Facility | Paul Kapke, PhD hybrid@iastate.edu |
Viral Resources | |
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Viral Vector Core Facility (formerly the Gene Transfer Vector Core Facility) | Kate Holt, PhD |
Grant Submission Information
Below are documents that can help with grant preparation. Contact angela-hester@uiowa.edu with questions.
Official UI Information
contacts, officials to sign releases, frequsntly requested contract information, etc.
Guides, instructions, examples, etc.
- 2024 NRSA Stipend Levels
- AHA Award Guide
- Creating Resource Sharing Plan and samples
- Data Management and Sharing Plan from NIH
- Data Management vs Resource Sharing Plan Instructions
- Fringe Rates-FY24-26 for use in budgets FY24
- HSCTI Form example
- Human Subjects Determination
- My Bibliography Help Page
- NIH Biosketch Instructions
- NIH Formatting Instructions
- NIH Instructions for all types of applications
- PHS Assignment Request
- Timeline to write a grant proposal and Scheduling an editing project for CCOM Scientific Editing Core
- Timing and LOS - Internal Medicine
Research funding: federal policy updates and regular campus updates:
Useful Links
TriNetX
Carver College of Medicine Office of Research
Biostatistics Consulting Center (College of Public Health)