Awards and Recognition

National Medal of Science

Nancy C. Andreasen, MD* (2000)

* emerita faculty

Members, National Academy of Medicine

Ted Abel, PhD (2019)

Bruce Gantz, MD (2000)

Val Sheffield, PhD (2005)

Kevin Campbell, PhD (1999)

Michael Welsh, MD (1997)

Nancy C. Andreasen, MD* (1992)

* emerita faculty

Members, National Academy of Sciences

Stanley Perlman, PhD (2025)

Kevin Campbell, PhD (2004)

Michael Welsh, MD (2000)

Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Joshua Weiner, PhD (2024)

Bob McMurray, PhD (2023)

Kevin Campbell, PhD (2023)

Mark Blumberg, PhD (2021)

Susan Lutgendorf, PhD (2021)

Ed Wasserman, PhD (2021)

Daniel Tranel, PhD (2017)

Ted Abel, PhD (2015)

Stanley Perlman, PhD (2011)

Chun-Fang Wu, PhD (2005)

Michael Welsh, MD (1999)

Members, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Val Sheffield, PhD (2020)

Kevin Campbell, PhD (2006)

Nancy C. Andreasen, MD* (2002)

Michael Welsh, MD (1998)

* emerita faculty

Members, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Kim (Avrama) Blackwell, PhD (2020)

Joshua Weiner, PhD

Weiner elected fellow of AAAS

INI Associate Director Joshua Weiner was one of four University of Iowa faculty members elected in 2024 as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows.

Mark Blumberg, PhD

Blumberg awarded 2025 Distinguished Scientist Award from Sleep Research Society.

Mark Blumberg, University of Iowa Distinguished Chair in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sleep Research Society. He was recognized for career-long contributions to our understanding of sleep in early life.