Iovine promoted to professor
M. Kathryn Iovine, Ph.D. Professor |
At their May 2017 meeting, the board of trustees granted M. Kathryn Iovine, Ph.D. a promotion to full professor. Iovine came to Lehigh after serving as a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Stephen Johnson at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Iovine earned her doctorate from the Washington University and her bachelor of science degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Iovine has taught a variety of courses while at Lehigh, including Core II: Genetics, Biochemistry (lecture and lab), Cell Biology, Development and Disease, Methods in Developmental Biology, and Classical and Molecular Embryology. Active in a variety aspects of service to the university, Dr. Iovine has recently served as department graduate program coordinator.
Research in the Iovine lab is focused on understanding how the vertebrate skeleton is correctly patterned, using the regenerating zebrafish fin as a model system. Recent findings suggest that Cx43-gap junctions influence where joints will be made in the skeleton by suppressing the joint-forming cell fate. These and other results provide important insights into human skeletal diseases impacting the final form of the skeleton.
Iovine’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the PA Department of Health. She also received a Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant which provided support for graduate students in under-represented groups.
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