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Howard Lab

Michelle Howard

Michelle Howard, Ph.D.

Principle Investigator
Katie

Katie Spitler, Ph.D.

Research Associate
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Sarah King, BS

Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
Bogdan Buzdugan

Bogdan Buzdugan, BS

Post-Baccalaureate Fellow

Lab Alumni

Bri O'Leary Ph.D.

2024 - 2025 Senior Research Scientist

Rana Rheem

Undergraduate Research Fellow (2023-2024) & Post-Baccalaureate Fellow (2025)

Joanie Whitaker

2025 Rotating Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Claire Graham

2021-2025 Undergraduate Research Fellow

Current role: Graduate Student (BME) at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN 

Dangran Li

2025 Rotating Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2024 Summer Undergraduate Interns

Eryka Appiah-Amaning (Prairie View A&M, Houston, TX)
Alyson Honeyman (University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS)
Aaron Smith (University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA)

Shane Solst Ph.D.

2021 - 2024 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Lianna Fiore

2023 Rotating Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Koffi Amegble

2023 Post-Baccalaureate Rotating Fellow, ICARE Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Brock Althiser

Summer 2022 Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program participant, Bemidji State University, MN 

Kyle Current

2021-2022 Rotating Graduate student, University of Iowa, IA