Kaikobad Irani, MD
Professor Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor Radiation Oncology

Email: kaikobad-irani@uiowa.edu

Affiliations
Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center
Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
Pappajohn Biomedical Institute
Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program
Medical Scientist Training Program

Scientific Projects: Keep the money flowing and keep lab members relatively happy.

Extracurricular Interests: Driving my teenagers to their extracurricular interests. Playing one-on-one basketball with my son...and losing miserably.

Ajit Vikram, PhD
Assistant Professor

Email: ajit-vikram@uiowa.edu

Grant Support: AHA Career Development Award. July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2021

Scientific Projects: Exploring the role of microbiota-microRNA interactions in regulation of cardiovascular disorders.

PubMed publications

Extracurricular Interests: Playing chess, watching Sci-Fi and animation movies.

Ravinder Reddy Gaddam, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Email: ravinderreddy-gaddam@uiowa.edu

Grant Support: AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship. January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020
Scientific Projects: Investigating gut-microbiota microRNA interactions in cardiac disorders 

Grant Support: AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship. July 1, 2021-June 30, 2023
Scientific Project: Investigating microRNA regulation of endothelial dysfunction and non-dipping hypertension in type 2 diabetes.

Grant Support: AHA Career Development Award. July 1, 2023-June 30, 2026
Scientific Projects: Leveraging gamma-PNA technology to target endothelial miR-122 and inhibit diabetic vasculopathies

PubMed publications

Extracurricular Interests: Playing Tennis, badminton and cricket. Listening to music.

Young-Rae Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate

Email: young-rae-kim@uiowa.edu

Scientific Projects: I look at microRNA regulation of endothelial SIRT1.

Extracurricular Interests: Playing golf with my wife and being a dad.

Jin-Young Yoon, PhD
Associate

Email: jinyoung-yoon@uiowa.edu

Scientific Projects: In collaboration with the London Lab, I examine how protein lysine acetylation affects cardiac excitability.

Extracurricular Interests: Exercise, YouTube, reading, gathering with friends.

QiuXia (Lisa) Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate

Email: qiuxia-li@uiowa.edu

Scientific Projects: Endothelial SIRT1 regulation of metabolism. MicroRNA regulation of endothelial SIRT1.

Extracurricular Interests: Hiking nature parks with my family.

Cuk-Seong Kim, PhD
Research Assistant

Email: cukseong-kim@uiowa.edu

Scientific Projects:

Extracurricular Interests:

Angela Cai
Undergraduate student

Email: angela-cai@uiowa.edu

Scientific Projects: Assisting lab personnel with various projects

Extracurricular Interests: Traveling and being outside, spending too much money on food, and FaceTiming my parents to see my dog Maggie

Julie Jacobs, MS
Senior Lab Technician, Lab Manager

Email: julie-jacobs@uiowa.edu

Scientific Projects: Help out with many and all. Keep the lab humming and make sure it doesn't burn down.