March 28, 2008
News Releases
• Heartland Center Hosting Occupational Health Symposium March 27-28
• Osher Institute, Carver College of Medicine Offer Mini Medical School
• Susan J. Curry Named Dean of UI College of Public Health
• Osher Institute Hosts Special Art Museum Course
• U.S. News Ranks College of Public Health No. 11 Among Public Universities
• Grand Rounds Series: Food Safety Expert to Speak April 4
CPH in the News
• Cancer on the Rise in Iowa
• Smoking Foes Tout Cancer Report
• Letter to the Editor: Atchison Supports IDPH Director
• Illinois-Chicago Educator Excited about UI Public Health Post
• Chicago Professor Named Public Health Dean
• College of Public Health Gets New Dean
Briefs
• Chrischilles to Speak in CBH Seminar Series
• IRB Educational Sessions Available Through May
• Genes and Aging Subject of Parkin Lecture on April 3
• President's Award for State Outreach and Public Engagement
• Conference Will Focus on Health, Environment, and Bioeconomy April 8
• Obesity Conference Set for April 8
Research News
• Reminder: GPCAH Proposals Due March 31
• Celebrate Research Week April 1 and 2
• NIH Public Access Policy Addressed in Research Council
Student News
• Global Health Studies Conference Travel Scholarship: Applications Due April 16
• TB Screening Update for New International Students
• CPH Graduate Students Honored
New Publications
• Farm Families Alive and Well, March 2008
News Releases
Heartland Center Hosting Occupational Health Symposium March 27-28The Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety is hosting its
10th annual health symposium, "The Business of Occupational Health and
Safety," March 27-28 at Hotel Vetro in downtown Iowa City.
Read more...
Osher
Institute, Carver College of Medicine Offer Mini Medical
School
The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host
its
annual four-session Mini Medical School, "Making Sense of Your
Health:
See More. Hear More. Do More." in April on the UI campus. The
program
is offered in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute,
based in the Center on Aging.
Read more...
Susan J.
Curry Named Dean of UI College of Public Health
Susan J. Curry, director of the Institute for Health Research
and
Policy and professor of health policy and administration in the
School
of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will
become
the new dean of the College of Public Health effective Aug. 1.
She
succeeds James A. Merchant, who will step down from the deanship
but
remain on the college's faculty.
Read more...
Osher
Institute Hosts Special Art Museum Course
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the Center on Aging is
offering "Behind the Scenes at the UI Museum of Art: Special
Collection" from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays April 3, 10, and 17.
Read more...
U.S. News
Ranks College of Public Health No. 11 Among Public
Universities
U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools
2009" ranks
the UI College of Public Health No. 11 among other public
universities. It also ranks the Department of Health Management and
Policy's MHA program
at No. 12.
Read more...
Grand Rounds
Series: Food Safety Expert to Speak April 4
Richard Raymond, M.D., undersecretary for food safety with the
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, will deliver the lecture "Enhancing
Public
Health Protection through Food Safety," at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April
4,
in Room 2117 of the Medical Education and Research Facility.
Read more...
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Cancer on the Rise in Iowa
(Iowa City Press-Citizen, 3/15/2008)
The 2008 report from the State Health Registry of Iowa projects
16,000
new cancer cases to be diagnosed this year, an increase of 300
cases
from last year, or about five cancer cases per 1,000 Iowans.
Read more...
Smoking
Foes Tout Cancer Report
(Des Moines Register, 3/15/2008)
U of I cancer researchers used the release of the 2008 Cancer in
Iowa
report to express hope that the Iowa Legislature can salvage a
statewide tobacco ban, despite conflicts between House and
Senate
versions of the legislation.
Read more...
Letter to
the Editor: Atchison Supports IDPH Director
(Des Moines Register, 3/16/2008)
In a letter to the editor, CHRISTOPHER ATCHISON, professor of
health
management and policy and associate dean for public health
practice,
argued that the director of the Iowa Department of Public Health
has a
responsibility to advocate for the public's health.
Read more...
Illinois-Chicago Educator Excited about UI Public
Health Post
(The Gazette, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, 3/21/2008)
SUSAN J. CURRY said a lengthy list of attributes drew her to
the
College of Public Health deanship.
Read more...
Chicago
Professor Named Public Health Dean
(Des Moines Register, 3/21/2008)
SUSAN J. CURRY, a professor from the University of Illinois at
Chicago, will take the helm at the College of Public Health.
Read more...
College of
Public Health Gets New Dean
(The Daily Iowan, 3/24/2008)
SUSAN CURRY, the director of the Institute for Health Research
and
Policy for the University of Illinois-Chicago, was named the new
dean
of the College of Public Health, effective Aug. 1.
Read more...
Briefs
Chrischilles to Speak in CBH Seminar SeriesELIZABETH CHRISCHILLES, professor of epidemiology, will deliver the
lecture, "Population Sciences and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer
Center," from 11 a.m. to noon, Thursday, April 3, in the Seebohm
Conference Room (283 EMRB).
IRB
Educational Sessions Available Through May
The Institutional Review Board and the Human Subjects Office
will
offer an educational session, "How to Complete a New Project
Application and Tips & Tricks for Faster Review by the IRB,"
from 2:30
to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 2, in Hardin Library Info Commons
East.
See link for a complete schedule of IRB educational sessions.
Read
more...
Genes and
Aging Subject of Parkin Lecture on April 3
Cynthia Kenyon, a molecular biologist at the University of
California,
San Francisco, will present the Parkin Lecture on Aging, "Genes
and
Cells that Control the Rate of Aging," at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April
3,
in Room 1110A of the UI Medical Education and Research Facility
(MERF). A pre-lecture reception will begin at 4 p.m. in the
MERF
atrium.
Read more...
President's Award for State Outreach and Public
Engagement
Nominations are now being accepted for the annual President's
Award
for State Outreach and Public Engagement. The deadline for
submissions
is Friday, April 25.
Read
more...
Conference
Will Focus on Health, Environment, and Bioeconomy April
8
The Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination will
host
"Keep It Small, Keep It All: Cultivating the Bioeconomy at the
Local
Scale" on Tuesday, April 8, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown
Iowa
City. Speakers will address local energy options; the economic,
health, and environmental impact of local food production and
distribution; and policies that promote and hinder small-scale
efficiencies.
Read
more...
Obesity
Conference Set for April 8
A half-day conference on Tuesday, April 8, will bring together
researchers, clinicians, and other professionals to discuss
innovative
approaches to understanding, treating, and preventing
obesity-related
illnesses. Attendees will participate in breakout sessions on
nutrition, behavior/exercise, community/health disparity,
imaging/biology, epidemiology/genetics, and pediatrics.
Read
more...
Research News
Reminder: GPCAH Proposals Due March 31The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health is currently seeking
proposals for its feasibility/pilot project grant program. Total
funding up to $50,000 will be available for new feasibility/pilot
projects this year. Individual project awards will range up to
$20,000. The deadline for application is March 31, 2008.
Read more...
Celebrate
Research Week April 1 and 2
"Research Week 2008: Innate Immunity" will take place April
1-2 on the UI
health sciences campus. The annual event, sponsored by the Roy J.
and
Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, the College of Public
Health,
and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Iowa City Health
Care
System, will include five public lectures from leading experts
on
innate immunity, and poster sessions featuring the research of
UI
students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and staff.
Read
more...
NIH Public
Access Policy Addressed in Research Council
Chris Shaffer and Chris Childs, librarians with the Hardin Library
for
the Health Sciences, attended the CPH Research Council meeting
on
Thursday, March 27 to review the new NIH Public Access Policy.
This
policy, which requires scientists to submit journal articles
that
arise from NIH funding to a digital archive, takes effect for
all
manuscripts accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008.
Read
more...
Student News
Global Health Studies Conference Travel Scholarship: Applications Due April 16The Global Health Studies Program invites applications from students
for a single $500 scholarship to attend a U.S. or foreign global
health conference or meeting during 2008. Applications are due by 5:00
p.m. on Wednesday, April 16. For more information, contact Kristi
Fitzpatrick, grants coordinator, international programs, at
kristi-fitzpatrick@uiowa.edu.
Read more...
TB
Screening Update for New International Students
The UI Student Health TB Surveillance Program reports that
screening
for tuberculosis for all new international students will be
conducted
using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) test. The QFT-G test
replaces
the TB skin test. The TB Facilitator Newsletter, published by
Student
Health, provides additional information about TB, including details
of
the screening test now in use for new international students.
Read more...
CPH
Graduate Students Honored
As a part of Graduate Student Recognition Week, the College of
Public
Health hosted a recognition event on Tuesday, March 25. About 40
CPH
students attended, along with department heads, directors of
graduate
studies, and graduate program coordinators. TANYA UDEN-HOLMAN,
associate dean for education and student affairs, formally
recognized
and thanked the many student association leaders who were
present.
View photos...
New Publications
Farm Families Alive and Well, March 2008The March 2008 edition of the Alive and Well newsletter includes
articles on the neurobehavioral health of farm families, the National
Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), online safety courses for the
grape growing and wine making industry, and more.
Source: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Read more...
Upcoming Events
College of Public Health
James F. Jakobsen
Conference
Sponsored by: Graduate College and Graduate Student Senate
Date: 3/29/2008
Time: All day event.
Associated URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~gss/conference
Contact: grad-senate@uiowa.edu
Iowa Public Health Conference
Date: 4/1/2008
Time: All day event.
Location: Scheman Conference Center, Ames
Associated URL:
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/newsletter/ad_mats/121407-08IPHC.pdf
Research Week 2008
Date: 4/1/2008
Location: UI health sciences campus
Associated URL: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/research/researchweek/index.htm
Iowa Public Health Conference
Date: 4/2/2008
Time: All day event.
Location: Scheman Conference Center, Ames
Associated URL:
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/newsletter/ad_mats/121407-08IPHC.pdf
Research Week 2008
Date: 4/2/2008
Location: UI health sciences campus
Associated URL: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/research/researchweek/index.htm
Parkin Lecture on Aging -- "Genes and Cells that
Control the Rate
of Aging"
Presented by: Cynthia Kenyon, a molecular biologist at the
University of California, San Francisco
Date: 4/3/2008
Time: 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM. A pre-lecture
reception will begin at 4 p.m.
in the MERF atrium.
Location: 1110A MERF
Associated URL: http://www.centeronaging.uiowa.edu/Parkin.shtml
Contact: Julie Bobitt at 319-384-4222, julie-bobitt@uiowa.edu
Occupational & Environmental Health
OEH Seminar Series
Date: 4/1/2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 123/125 IREH
Contact: Karlyn Harthoorn, karlyn-harthoorn@uiowa.edu
Epidemiology
EPI Faculty Meeting
Date: 4/1/2008
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: C225GH (Isacson Conference Room)
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Epi Seminar -- "Perspectives on Career
Planning and Development: Tips for Making a Successful
Transition"
Presented by: Lawrence Prybil, MA, Ph.D.
Date: 4/3/2008
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S724 GH
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics
Biostatistics Seminar -- "Estimating
Haplotype-Environment Interactions for Case-control Studies with
Genetic Misclassification"
Presented by: Christine M. Spinka, assistant professor of
statistics,
University of Missouri-Columbia
Date: 3/31/2008
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Location: 1117 MERF
Contact: Ann Weber, ann-weber@uiowa.edu
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