Long Term Training
Florin Oprescu, MD
MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2001
Fogarty Intermediate Term Trainee, 2002
MPH, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, 2004
Currently Training in Iowa:
PhD Candidate, Fall 2004 --
Department of Community and Behavior Health
Mentor: Jim Merchant, MD, DrPH
Professional Interests:
- Development of efficient use of computer programs for medical data management
- Family medicine
- Data entry and analysis of health status of children aged 0-18 years
Workshops:
- June 03. Public Health Research in Rural Populations, F. Oprescu, John Lowe
Rex Kuye, MS, MPH
Head
The Gambia School of Public Health
Brikama, The Gambia
Currently in The Gambia, conducting dissertation research.
Fogarty Training in Iowa:
2001-
Doctoral Program in Environmental Health
Mentor: Shannon Márquez and Kelley Donham, Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Health
Professional Interests:
- Zoology, public health and environmental health.
- Occupational health of agricultural workers in The Gambia
Workshops:
- May 02. Agricultural Health and Safety in The Gambia, R. Kuye, Kelley Donham
Research Projects funded through Iowa:
- Agricultural Practices in The Gambia: A Survey of Health and Safety Hazards to Gambian Farmers. R. Kuye (doctoral research)
Marek Mikulski, MD, MS, MPH
Research Assistant III
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Iowa
(formerly)
Physician and Researcher
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
School of Public Health
Department of Occupational Medicine
Lodz, Poland
Training in Iowa:
2000 – 2002
Master’s in Public Health Program
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
Katarina Kulhankova, MD, MS
Research Assistant
Doctoral Student
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Iowa
Training in Iowa:
1998 – 2000
Master’s Degree Program in Occupational and Environmental Health
Marian Pavuk, MD, PhD
Epidemiologist
SpecPro, Inc.
San Antonia, Texas
mpavuk at specpro dash inc dot com
(formerly)
Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine
Bratislava, Slovakia
Training in Iowa:
1996 – 2000
Doctoral Program in Epidemiology
Mentors: Jim Cerhan, MD, PhD; Charles Lynch, PhD, Department of Epidemiology
Professional Interests:
- Human health effects of exposure to PCBs, dioxins and other organochlorine compounds
- Polymorphism in biotransformation enzymes, gene-environment interactions and susceptibility to cancer
- Cancer and Environmental Epidemiology
Research Projects funded through Iowa:
- Ecologic Study of Environmental Exposure to PCB’S and Cancer Risk in Eastern Slovakia (1997-1998)
- Case Control Study of Environmental Exposure to PCB’S and Cancer Risk in Eastern Slovakia (1998-99)
- Association Between PCB Levels and Polymorhisms in Genes Regulating Metabolism and Detoxification of Exogenous Compounds (2002-ongoing)