The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust committed a transformational $45 million grant to the University of Iowa that supported the creation of a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary neuroscience center within the Carver College of Medicine

The Iowa Neuroscience Institute creates synergy within the broad neuroscience community leading to transformative research and an intellectually stimulating environment that supports innovation in basic science, opportunities for translational applications and creative means to understand how the nervous system mediates behavior and how this goes awry in neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Worthington Biomedical Engineering Research

140+

Members
Dr. Gantz in research lab

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UI Colleges represented in the INI
Dr. Geerling research lab

30

Departments with INI faculty members

Upcoming INI Events

14th Annual Neurogenetics Symposium promotional image

14th Annual Neurogenetics Symposium

Friday, September 11, 2026 7:00am to 3:00pm
General Hospital
Presentations on a variety of topics including inherited genetic conditions, functional testing, and patient experiences
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Neuroscience Seminar: Ronald Davis, PhD

Friday, September 18, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Neuroscience seminar presented by Ronald Davis, PhD, Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
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, November 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...