2026 Iowa LEND Research Poster Symposium

The 2026 Iowa LEND Research Poster Symposium will take place Tuesday, May 5, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Rembolt Conference Room at the Center for Disabilities and Development in Iowa City. Current LEND trainees will present their research posters. They will be joined by pediatric dentistry trainees from a previous LEND trainee cohort. 

Those who are unable to attend the symposium in person can join via Zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95098451651

2025-2026 Trainees

Standing top level (Left to Right): Cait Miller, Skylar Hoffman, Natalia Portal Figueroa, Devyn Just, Megan Fear, Elizabeth Freiburger, Anna Cates, Alejandra Castillo, Lyndi Hunter, Alyssa Rosaro, Maddie Berry, Garry Emmons, Dalin Tollestrup.

Standing lower level (Left to Right): Mark Thomas, Andy Fallon, Teya Kerns, Hattie Dukes, Rachael Kilpatrick, Collin Glazek, Molly Cousin, Marie Ugorek, May Ross, Monee Turner, Danielle Washington, Lillian Duffield, Samantha Anderson, Joy Edeh, Nagla Abdelrahman.

Trainees not in this group photo: Gilbert Catala Benitez, Monica Olson, Sascia Rector.

Research Posters

Posters are coming soon! When posted, click on the thumbnail images of each to open full-page pdfs of the posters.

Poster Symposium Schedule

Group 1 / 3:00-3:30 Project presentations

1. Lillian Duffield, Elizabeth Freiburger, Sascia Rector, Marie Ugorek 

2. Makenzi Worsfold 

3. Anna Cates, Joy Edeh, Rachael Kilpatrick, Monica Olson  

4. Kylie Scott 

5. Andy Fallon, Devyn Just, Teya Kerns, Monee’ Turner 

6. Maggie Rohrbeck

   Project Summary

   Research Poster 

Group 2 / 4:05-4:30 Project presentations

7. Nima Odowa

   Project Summary

   Research Poster 

8. Nagla Abdelrahman, Hattie Dukes, Natalia Portal Figueroa, Mark Thomas 

9. Molly Cousin 

10. Alejandra Castillo, Gilbert Catala Benitez, Megan Fear, Skylar Hoffman, Danielle Washington 

11. Sara Escudero 

    Project Summary

    Research Poster

12. Collin Glazek and May Ross 

Check out previous research presented by ILEND Trainees:

• 2025 LEND Research Poster Session
• 2024 LEND Research Poster Session
• 2023 LEND Research Poster Session
• 2022 LEND Research Poster Session
• 2021 LEND Research Poster Session
• 2020 LEND Research Poster Session