February 20, 2009
News Releases
• UI Organizes Flood Clean-Up Project Over Spring Break
• Osher Class: Registration Deadline for Memoir Writing Feb. 23
• UI Researchers Win Grant to Identify Air Pollutants in U.S. Cities
CPH in the News
• Dawson Study Tests Driving Skills of Alzheimer's Patients
• Tests May Predict Alzheimer’s Patients Drive Abilities
Briefs
• Former Health Care Exec to Share Peace Corps Experience
• Feeling Fit? Free Fitness Assessments Available February 24
• Night of A Thousand Dinners March 5
Research News
• Health Sciences Research Week Call for Posters
• Monthly Grant Activity
• Research Council Meeting Focuses on Translational Science
Student News
• Human Rights Program Provides Funding for International Internship
• Applicants Sought for Diversity Scholarship
• This Week on Job Connection
People
• Strategic Planning Subgroup Members Assembled
• Atchison Appointed to Medical Home Board
News Releases
UI Organizes Flood Clean-Up Project Over Spring BreakHundreds of homes in Cedar Rapids remain in poor condition after the
June 2008 floods, and the University of Iowa community's help is
needed to clean out and refurbish these structures over spring break.
The UI is organizing alternative spring break service project to do
post-flood cleanup in Cedar Rapids, joining volunteers from across
Iowa and the rest of the nation.
Read more...
Osher Class: Registration Deadline for Memoir Writing Feb. 23
Enrollment remains open for a four-week-long writing course being
offered to adults age 50 and older through the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute at the UI Center on Aging. The registration deadline is Feb.
23.
Read more...
UI Researchers Win Grant to Identify Air Pollutants in U.S. Cities
A team of University of Iowa researchers, including R. WILLIAM FIELD,
professor of occupational and environmental health and epidemiology
and JACOB OLESON, assistant professor of biostatistics, has received
an $899,401 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to
identify some of the most hazardous air pollutants in major U.S.
cities, including Chicago.
Read more...
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Dawson Study Tests Driving Skills of Alzheimer's Patients
(Radio Iowa, 2/13/2009)
A UI study, led by JEFFREY DAWSON, associate professor of biostatistics,
finds drivers who have been diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease make more serious errors behind the wheel than their elderly counterparts who
have no sign of the illness. Dawson says the Alzheimer's patients made
about 25 percent more errors overall but, in particular, lane observance
errors were about 50 percent more common.
Read more...
Tests May Predict Alzheimer’s Patients Drive Abilities
(The Gazette, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, 2/14/2009)
Doctors may someday have a driving skills test to help family members
decide if Grandpa should still be driving. UI researchers are
developing tests. There is no cure, “so we’re in a management
situation,” said study author JEFFREY DAWSON, associate professor of
biostatistics.
Briefs
Former Health Care Exec to Share Peace Corps Experience
Patricia Gillette, a returned Peace Corps volunteer in the Coast
Province of Kenya and retired health care executive, will present
"Life in Mariakani Kenya" as part of the International Mondays lecture
series. The presentation takes place from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 23, in
Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library.
Read more...
Feeling Fit? Free Fitness Assessments Available Feb. 24
Health Iowa/Student Health will offer free fitness assessments from
5-7 p.m. Feb. 24 on the main deck at the UI Field House. The
assessments include blood pressure screening, resting heart rate, an
aerobic step test, and various muscular fitness tests. No appointment
necessary. For more information contact Amy Fletcher, 319-335-8213 or
amy-fletcher@uiowa.edu.
Night of A Thousand Dinners March 5
Every year, nearly 20,000 people are killed or maimed by landmines and
30-40 percent of all mine victims are children. The local Night of a
Thousand Dinners will be one of thousands hosted around the world to
raise funds for Adopt-A-Minefield. The Iowa City event will be March 5
from 6-8 p.m. at the Old Brick Community Center. Tickets are available
at the Iowa United Nations Association Office (20 E. Market Street) or
by calling 337-7290.
Research News
Health Sciences Research Week Call for PostersPoster registrations are now being accepted for poster sessions held
in conjunction with this year’s 2009 Research Week events. The
graduate student poster session will be held April 14, and the
postdoctoral fellow, faculty, and staff session will be April 15. Both
sessions will be held from 1-4 p.m. in the Medical Education and
Research Facility Atrium. The deadline for submitting posters is March
23 at 5 p.m.
Read more...
Monthly Grant Activity
All grants funded in January 2009.
Read more...
Research Council Meeting Focuses on Translational Science
At the CPH Research Council Meeting on Feb. 19, Gary Hunninghake,
Director of the UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
(ICTS), updated researchers on various components of the institute.
He mentioned continued focused on educational initiatves and research
programs. Hunninghake also encouraged all CPH researchers to list
themselves on the research-focused social networking site, Loki, to
increase their opportunities for collaboration. Find it under
“research profiles” on the ICTS site.
Read more...
Student News
Human Rights Program Provides Funding for International InternshipThe Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program provides
funding to selected students who have secured a summer internship with
a local, national, or international non-governmental organization or
governmental agency engaged in human rights-related advocacy,
research, or education. Funds cover travel and living expenses
associated with the internship. The 2009 deadline is March 13.
Read more...
Applicants Sought for Diversity Scholarship
The UI Office of Graduate Ethnic Inclusion offers a Graduate Diversity
Scholarship program designed to competitively award tuition
scholarships to graduate students from among groups disadvantaged
and/or underrepresented in their fields of graduate study. The
application deadline is March 31.
Read more...
This Week on Job Connection
Job Connection advertises job/internship opportunities for CPH students.
This week's featured announcements include:
Job Title: Research Analyst, AFYA, Inc., Laurel, Maryland;
Job Title: Summer Health Aide Internship, Proteus, Inc., Iowa City;
Job Title: Research Associate, California Tobacco Control Program.
Check out these full job descriptions and more at
Job Connection...
People
Strategic Planning Subgroup Members AssembledSubgroups comprised of faculty, staff, and students began meeting this
week to tackle the seven focus areas of the college’s strategic
planning initiative: education, external relations, faculty
recruitment and retention, global public health, infrastructure,
public health impact, and research foci and organization. Members of
these groups are developing draft plans that are due April 27.
Read more... (HawkID required)
Atchison Appointed to Medical Home Board
CHRISTOPHER ATCHISON, associate dean for public health practice
and clinical professor of health management and policy, has been
appointed to the Medical Home System Advisory Board established under
Iowa's Health Care Reform Act.
Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival Free fitness assessments Seminar - "Medical Aspects of Lincoln's Assassination" Women Faculty Career Development Conference OEH Seminar - "Keokuk County Rural Health Study" EPI Seminar - "Cluster of Cases of the Acquired Immune Biostats Seminar - "Semiparametric Accelerated Failure Time HMP-CHPR Research Updates - Thomas D'Aunno Upcoming Events
College of Public Health
This event is an opportunity to learn about each other through food,
games, dance, music, literature, storytelling, arts, and crafts.
Date: 2/22/2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: UI Fieldhouse
Associated URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~ccdfest/
The assessments give participants an opportunity to evaluate
current fitness levels and educate themselves about appropriate
physical activity goals.
Date: 2/24/2009
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Main Deck, UI Field House
Contact: Amy Fletcher,2C 319-335-8213, amy-fletcher@uiowa.edu
Presented by: Blaine Houmes, M.D., an emergency medicine
physician from Cedar Rapids with an extensive knowledge of
Abraham Lincoln.
Date: 2/24/2009
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: Room 2032 of the UI Main Library
Goals and Objectives: 1. Learn how you can be more successful
in your career. 2. Learn more about work life balance 3.
Learn more about becoming a leader 4. Learn how to manage your
career and your health 5. Network with other women in the
health science colleges
Date: 2/27/2009
Time: 7:15 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: Coralville Marriott
Contact: Lois Geist, lois-geist@uiowa.edu
Occupational & Environmental Health
Presented by: James Merchant, professor of occupational and
environmental health
Date: 2/24/2009
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: 123/125 IREH, Oakdale Campus
Contact: Allison Fritz, allison-fritz@uiowa.edu
Epidemiology
Deficiency Syndrome"
Presented by: Katherine Kramer, M.S. student
Date: 2/24/2009
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: 2114 ML
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics
Model with Missing Data"
Presented by: Bin Nan, Ph.D., associate professor of
biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Date: 2/23/2009
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Location: 1117 MERF
Contact: Ann Weber, ann-weber@uiowa.edu
Health Management & Policy
Date: 2/27/2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: E216GH (Whitson Conference Room)
Contact: Karrey Smith, karrey-smith@uiowa.edu
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