Dr. Clark Cole, a former graduate student and post-doctoral scholar in the health, Brain & Cognition Lab, is research scientist at the University of Minnesota Neuromodulation Research Center, Department of Neurology. She received her BA in neuroscience/psychology from Knox College in 2012 and earned her PhD at the University of Iowa in 2018.

Dr. Jain, a former post-doctoral scholar at the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab, is a senior research scientist in the Neuroscience Division of Advent Health, Orlando, Florida. She received her PhD in cognitive psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, after earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and Master of Arts in cognitive science at the University of Allahaba in India. 

Dr. "MJ" Jung, formerly a Health, Brain & Cognition Lab post-doctoral scholar, is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation at the University of North Texas in Denton. He continues to research the effects of acute and chronic exercise on cognitive function and mentors master’s and doctoral students interested in studying the relationship between exercise and cognitive function. Dr. Jung earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Physical Education, with an emphasis on sport psychology, from Seoul National University. He received his PhD in health and kinesiology in 2023 from the University of Mississippi.

Dr. Kent, a former graduate scholar at the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab, is a post-doctoral scholar in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned is BA in psychology at Grinnell College in 2014 and his PhD in neuroscience at the University of Iowa in 2019.

Dr. Pipoly, formerly a Health, Brain & Cognition Lab graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, defended his dissertation in May 2024 to receive his PhD from the University of Iowa. He began work in August 2024 as a post-doctoral scholar with Dr. Gagan Wig at the University of Texas-Dallas, where he continues research focused on the cognitive reserve hypothesis in executive function.

Dr. Rigon, formerly a graduate scholar at the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab, is an assistant professor at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, in the Department of Communication Disorders, College of Health Professions. She received an MS in cognitive neuroscience in 2013 from the University of Padua and earned her PhD in neuroscience in 2017 from the University of Iowa. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2019.

Dr. Sodoma, a former graduate scholar at the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab, is a data scientist with Vermeer Corporation, an agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturer in Pella, Iowa. He earned his PhD in neuroscience at the University of Iowa in 2023. He did additional research as a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Merry Mani in the UI Department of Radiology before joining Vermeer.

Dr. Sutterer, a former University of Iowa graduate research assistant and post-doctoral scholar at the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab, serves as a program director at the National Institute of Aging at the National Institutes of Health, based in Washington, DC. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin in 2007 and his PhD in neuroscience at the University of Iowa in 2015.

Dr. Weng, formerly a graduate research assistant at the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab, is a research engineering scientist in the Dell Medical School Neurology Department at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his BS in psychology at the University of Illinois-Urbana  in 2011 and completed his PhD at the University of Iowa in 2018, followed by post-doctoral research at the Dell Medical School.

Kelsey Baller, who served as Health, Brain & Cognition Lab post-baccalaureate research assistant and Biopsychosocial Determinants of Brain Health Project Manager from 2021 to 2024, is working toward her masters and doctorate degree in the clinical psychology PhD program at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Craig Martins, former undergraduate research assistant at the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab, is pursuing his masters degree at the University of Tennessee's Kinesiology MS: Sport Psychology and Motor Behavior program.