Long Term Training

Florin Oprescu

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/Advisor: 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@specpro-inc.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 (1997-98)
• CASE CONTROL STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO PCBS AND CANCER RISK IN EASTERN SLOVAKIA (1998-99)
• ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PCB LEVELS AND POLYMORPHISMS IN GENES REGULATING METABOLISM AND DETOXIFICATION OF EXOGENOUS COMPOUNDS (2002-ongoing)