The UIPDA advocates for all Postdocs at the University of Iowa.
For postdocs, by postdocs.

 

Are you a postdoc at the University of Iowa? The Postdoctoral Association is here for you! Join us the second Thursday of every month at 3 pm to find out how we can improve your experience and help you meet your goals. Email divya-rathi@uiowa.edu for information about how to join in person or over Zoom. 

Featured Community

Read about the UI postdoc population and find resources for our 2025-2026 featured population: Postdoc Parents

Get involved with UIPDA

We are looking for postdocs to serve as committee members and college reps.

Grad Postdoc Listserv

This Listserv is used to communicate news and events about the UIPDA.

Upcoming Events

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Monday, April 13 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Daniel Di Martino on Venezuela & the Evils of Socialism promotional image

Daniel Di Martino on Venezuela & the Evils of Socialism

Monday, April 13, 2026 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
YAF Guest Speaker Daniel Di Martino Visits the University of Iowa!

Recital: Matthew Freund, Moosa Hamad, and Karena Jensen, Horn

Monday, April 13, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Recital: Matthew Freund, Moosa Hamad, and Karena Jensen, Horn

Click here for program.

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

UI Jazz: Combo Workshop

Monday, April 13, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

UI Jazz: Combo Workshop

This concert is free and open to the public.

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Tuesday, April 14 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Innovation Challenge For Graduates/Faculty/Staff promotional image

Innovation Challenge For Graduates/Faculty/Staff

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:00am to 3:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Innovation Challenge is a university-wide competition with the goal to identify, advance and support the most innovative and entrepreneurial projects on campus.

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover advanced features such as:

Importing data from a CSV file

Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic

Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables

Sending automated, conditional email alerts

Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data 'missingness' codes, and opening data queries

Register by clicking the virtual event link...

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Scott Mittelstadt, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Scott Mittelstadt, PhD

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility

Preclinical Safety in Drug Development

Scott Mittelstadt, PhD
Vice President of Preclinical Safety
AbbVie Inc.

BMB Research Workshop promotional image

BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Spring 2026, these will occur in 2117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Jan. 20: CANCELED

Jan. 27: Lori Wallrath, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Feb. 3...

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Recent Events

Below are UIPDA events and activities during the 2025 fall semester. 

 

Invited Industry Talk 

Speaker: Justin Topp, Senior Manager, IDT 
Date: December 12, 2025 
Location: Seebohm Conference Room, EMRB 
Sponsor: Graduate College 
 

Book Club First Meetup

Date: December 10, 2025 
Location: The Greenhouse 
Organizer: Rachel Kehrberg 
Attendance: 4 participants

 

UIPDA Holiday Party 

Date: December 3, 2025 
Attendance: 25 participants

 

Zoom Watch Party and Career Talk

Speaker: Chris Rader, CTO, Aethon Therapeutics 
Date: November 3, 2025 
Location: PBDB, Zoom watch party 
Sponsors: CLAS, HCCC, INI, CoE 
Attendance: 18 participants

 

2025 Career Ladder Program 

Dates: September to October 2025 
Format: Multi session career development series 
Average attendance: 9 participants per session 
Images: Screenshot may be available from Meng