Title(s): Clinical Professor, Director, State Hygienic Laboratory
Department: Epidemiology
Office: S433 CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-1573
Courses Taught
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- Diagnostic Microbiology
- Public Health Laboratory
Research Interests
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Public health laboratory methods
- Infectious disease prevention
In the News
- Pentella discusses ‘brain-eating amoeba’
- State Hygienic Lab responds to increased demand for COVID testing
- Pentella comments on at-home COVID-19 antigen tests
- State Hygienic Lab honored with Gazette Business Award
- View the CPH Spotlight webinar on COVID-19
- Pentella’s work fighting COVID-19 highlighted
- Parker, Pentella discuss COVID-19
- Video: CPH Spotlight Seminar on COVID-19
- Pentella honored with ABSA award
- Pentella part of expert panel on coronavirus
- A century later, UI experts recall deadly flu outbreak, prepare for new flu season
- Pentella, Atchison honored with APHL Lifetime Achievement Awards
- State Hygienic Lab teaches public health students
- Epi Prof. Michael Pentella named State Hygienic Lab director
- University of Iowa names Michael Pentella as interim SHL director
- Pentella weighs in on ways to avoid germs
- Pentella receives Leadership in Biosafety and Biosecurity Award