Research

Centers

Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center
The mission of Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center is to disseminate and enhance adoption of empirically supported assessment and treatment methods to its five state region: Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The Center focuses on issues related to women and substance abuse, substance abuse in persons with co-occurring mental health disorders, substance abuse among Native Americans and among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender persons.

University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health

The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (UI PRC) is a CDC Prevention Research Center with the theme of improving health in rural communities.

Center for Health Communication and Social Marketing
The mission of the Center for Health Communication and Social Marketing (HCSM) is to promote innovative, theory- and data-driven communication research to address today’s public health challenges through participation in interdisciplinary, collaborative, community-based projects and the training of graduate students in the Health Communication subtracks in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health (M.P.H., M.S. , Ph.D.) and other health communication students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of Communication Studies.