Dr. Marco Hefti received a five-year NIH R01 award entitled “A non-canonical role for tau in early human brain development” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The award totals $561,007 and the project starts May 1, 2024 and concludes February 28, 2029.

There is an urgent need for brain donations throughout the University of Iowa. This process is free of charge to any active patient at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and helps contribute to neuroscience research across Iowa and nationwide. If you are interested or have questions, please call 319-335-8427 or email marco-hefti@uiowa.edu (preferred).

The Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship is awarded to students to recognize their distinguished academic achievement and to provide protected time for research.

imberly Fiock, an Experimental Pathology PhD student in Dr. Marco Hefti’s laboratory, has received a Women & Diversity award from the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP).

Kimberly Fiock, BS, MS, was awarded the 2022 University of Iowa L. B. Sims Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award in the Biological and Life Sciences. Kimberly was a graduate student in the Pathology MS Program from 2018-2020, and completed her thesis entitled “The Developmental Expression and Regulation of Tau” under the guidance of Dr. Marco Hefti. The award is conferred by the Graduate College and Kimberly will be honored for her achievement at the upcoming 2022 James F. Jakobsen Graduate Research Conference. She will also receive a $500 honorarium.

Dr. Marco Hefti was awarded the Overall Winner of the Supervisor of the Year award for 2021 by the Pomerantz Career Center at the University of Iowa.

Dr. Marco Hefti is one of two Iowa Neuroscience Institute Junior Research Program of Excellence awardees.

Dr. Marco Hefti received a grant from the Carver College of Medicine Iowa Aging Initiative.