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The Dare to Discover campaign showcases researchers, scholars, and creators from across the University of Iowa. The campaign is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research.
Click on the student profiles to learn more about the personal stories behind the faces of discovery and creativity.
Brandon Alpers
Evaluates childhood hearing loss
Undergraduate student, speech and hearing sciences
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Emma Anderson
Evaluates human rights in diplomacy
Undergraduate student, international relations
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Oluwaseun Badru
Identifies barriers to HIV prevention
PhD student, community and behavioral health
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Michal Brzus
Personalizes stroke patient care
PhD student, electrical and computer eningeering
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Seren Castellano
Uncovers evolution of sleep
Undergraduate student, biology, anthropology
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Emma Chase
Predicts causes of hiring imbalances
Undergraduate student, business analytics and information systems, psychology
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Xitong Chen
Scrutinizes brain's switchboard
PhD student, psychological and brain sciences
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Laura Dean
Determines health impacts of heat
Postdoctoral scholar, occupational and environmental health
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Qin Dong
Refines microbes to remove pollutants
PhD student, civil and environmental engineering
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Farheen Fauziya
Advances ocean resiliency
Postdoctoral scholar, electrical and computer engineering
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Travis Fischer
Unlocks body’s anti-cancer response
PhD student, biomedical science (cancer biology)
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Guillermo Flores
Edits genes to treat cancer
Postdoctoral scholar, otolaryngology – head and neck surgery
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Hannah Franke
Explores brain's role in language
Undergraduate student, psychology, linguistics
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Mavis Gyesi
Examines barriers to higher education
PhD student, higher education and student affairs
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Max Halbach
Analyzes kinship in Indigenous history
Undergraduate student, history, social studies education
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Jayashree Jena
Investigates underlying causes of obesity
Postdoctoral scholar, internal medicine – edocrinology and metabolism
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Sujin Jeong
Helps employees manage identity
PhD student, management and entrepreneurship
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Isabella Jimenez Rodriguez
Develops mental health tools for teens
Undergraduate student, neuroscience, biochemistry and molecular biology
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Lydia Karr
Studies sleep's role in development
Undergraduate student, neuroscience, Spanish
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Emma Knobloch
Applies computer science to sustainability
MS student, urban and regional planning
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Melanie Landsittel
Crafts connection to everyday labor
MA student, library and information science
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Ana Laura Leyser
Brings Anne Frank's legacy to light
Undergraduate student, biomedical sciences
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Chengzhe Li
Models air pollution outbreaks
PhD student, chemical and biochemical engineering
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Aubrey McEnroe
Examines well-being of women in farming
PhD student, counseling psychology
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Chris Patterson
Develops research methods to reduce bias
Postdoctoral scholar, psychological and quantitative foundations
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Maria-Victoria Perez
Builds mental health supports on campuses
PhD student, higher education and student affairs
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Carlos Erazo Ramirez
Simplifies access to environmental data
PhD student, civil and environmental engineering
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Natalie Randall
Optimizes energy systems
PhD student, applied mathematical and computationl sciences
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Ramteja Sajja
Makes learning accessible through AI
PhD student, electrical and computer eningeering
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Christopher Spahn
Speeds up skin cancer diagnosis
Undergraduate student, electrical engineering
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Dustin Swarm
Illuminates extremes of the universe
Postdoctoral scholar, physics and astronomy
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Kaleb Young
Enhances flood forecasting for Iowa
PhD student, civil and environmental engineering
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Liao Zhu
Enhances hospital safety through data
Undergraduate student, computer science, mathematics
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