First candidate announced for next Graduate College dean

A University of Iowa search committee has announced the first candidate for the next associate provost for graduate and professional education and dean of the Graduate College.

Jon C.D. Houtman is professor and vice chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the Carver College of Medicine and associate director for career enhancement at the UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also the current director of the Human Immunology Core in the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Houtman joined Iowa in 2005. His research focuses on the role of the human immune system in disease pathology. He was awarded the 2017 John P. Long Teaching Award in the Basic Sciences and the 2022 Collegiate Teaching Award from the Carver College of Medicine.

Houtman will meet with faculty, staff, students, shared governance, and campus leadership on Tuesday, April 8. The campus community is invited to participate in an open forum from 9 to 10 a.m. in room 2520D of University Capitol Centre, 201 S. Clinton St.

You can view Houtman's curriculum vitae here.

For more information, see the Graduate College dean search website.