Intermediate Term Training

Fall 2002

Alina Buczynska, MS

Assistant Researcher
Department of Environmental Health Hazards
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
Lodz, Poland

Training in Iowa

Courses:

• Introduction to GIS in Environmental Studies
• Principles of Epidemiology
• Environmental Health

Mentor: Patrick O’Shaughnessy, PhD, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

Professional Interests

Impact of waste dumping sites on humans and the environment; Identification and assessment of health hazards associated with hazardous waste sites in Poland; Assessment of the occupational exposure of selected municipal service workers.

Research Projects funded through Iowa

SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE INCIDENCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND POTENTIAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS IN POLAND, A. Buczynska, Patrick O’Shaughnessy, 2003

Iveta Carikova, MS

Department of Bioactive Substances
Institute for Preventive and Clinical Medicine
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Training in Iowa

Courses:

• Introduction to GIS Environmental Studies
• Environmental Engineering—Natural Systems
• Environmental Engineering Seminar
• Principles of Epidemiology

Mentor: Jerry Schnoor, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professional Interests

Specialist in atomic absorption spectrometry and the determination of toxic and essential elements in biological materials and food—particularly the heavy metals.

Florin Oprescu, MD

Student, MPH Program
College of Public Health
University of Iowa

(formerly)
Medical doctor at Adult’s Hospital in Cluj-Napoca
Management information system coordinator for World Vision, a non-governmental organization
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Training in Iowa

Courses:

• Biostatistics Methods
• Designing and Implementing Interventions
• Principles of Epidemiology
• Environmental 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

Ildiko Fulop, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
Medical Health Sciences Center
University of Debrecen,
Debrecen, Hungary

Training in Iowa

Courses:

• Geography of Health
• Principles of Epidemiology
• Environmental Health

Mentor: Gerald Rushton, Department of Geography

Professional Interests

Application of geographic information methods and systems in public health
Studying the relationship between mortality and major determinants of health (environmental influences)

Workshops

June 03. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH, I. Fulop, Gerry Rushton

Jan Mavri, MSc

Researcher, Laboratory for Environmental Research
Nova Gorica Polytechnic
Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Training in Iowa

Courses:

• Advanced Analytical Chemistry
• Chemical Sensors
• Analytic Chemistry Seminar
• Research Chemistry
• Research Seminar

Mentor: Mark Arnold, PhD, Department of Chemistry

Professional Interests

Development of biosensors for detection of heavymetals based on metallothioneins as biorecognition molecues

Spring 2002

Maram Bobb, MPH

Head, School of Nursing and Midwifery
The Gambia College
Banjul, The Gambia

Training in Iowa

Courses:

• Occupational Health Nursing
• Theory of Environmental Policy Assessment
• Introduction to Biostatistics
• Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar

Mentor: Kennith Culp, PhD, RN, College of Nursing

Professional Interests

• Occupational Health
• Health Needs Assessments

Workshops

Jan. 03. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SERVICES IN THE GAMBIA, M. Bobb, Ken Culp, Shannon Marquez

Ousman Sowe, MPH

Lecturer
School of Public Health
Gambia College
Banjul, The Gambia

Training in Iowa

Courses:

• Readings in Biomedical Ethics
• Topics of Rhetorical Inquiry
• Epidemiology of Infectious Disease
• Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar

Mentor: Dr. Shannon Marquez