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.

