Recent CIREH News
June 30, 2010
UI Receives $1.1 Million to Train Public Health Researchers from Romania
Investigators in the University of Iowa College of Public Health have been awarded $1.1 million by the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health to train Romanian researchers in the prevention and management of non-communicable chronic diseases, such as cancer, cerebrovascular diseases, lung disease, obesity, and environmental and lifestyle factors.
Romania, a central European nation with a population of 22 million, has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a region that is "the worst afflicted by non-communicable chronic diseases." Non-communicable chronic diseases currently account for nearly 90 percent of all deaths in Romania.
"Although significant expertise exists in Romania regarding the clinical management of chronic diseases, research expertise is almost totally lacking in regard to population-based studies, prevention strategies and public health interventions," according to Thomas Cook, UI professor of occupational and environmental health, who will direct the new training program. Cook also is director of the Center for International Rural and Environmental Health based in the UI College of Public Health
Fogarty Scholars 2010
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