Nitin Karandikar, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the University of Iowa Department of Pathology, was recently awarded his second grant award from Humanities Iowa for his work building the Iowa Corridor Sangeet (ICS) program.

In a ceremony held within the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on May 1, the University of Iowa Postdoctoral Association (UIPDA), in coordination with the Graduate College, presented Dr. Nitin Karandikar with the 2019 Most Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor Award.

Nitin Karandikar, MD, PhD, was presented with this year’s Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor Award from the University of Iowa Graduate College for his guidance of postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and overall impact on career advancement at the university.

Scott Steward-Tharp, DDS, PhD, resident in Oral Pathology at the College of Dentistry and postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Nitin Karandikar, was selected as a trainee on an Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA T90) from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research.