March 27, 2009
News Releases
• Public Invited to Discuss Health Care Reform April 2
• Report Finds Injuries a Leading Cause of Death in Iowa
• Upcoming Osher Classes, Opportunity
CPH in the News
• Research Shows School Buses Among Safest Transportation
• Report Breaks Down Injuries in Iowa
Briefs
• Dean Holds Forum to Address Budget Issues
• Job Connection: Find the Employee You Are Looking For
• Wolinsky Honored by UI College of Nursing
• African Craft Sale for HIV/AIDS Charity
Research News
• Research Council Meeting Features Loki Research Profiles
Student News
• CPH Students Recognized at Luncheon
• "Mini Medical School" to Examine Cardiovascular Disease
People
• In Memoriam: Leslie Loveless
• Alum Featured for "Remarkable" Work for Women in Science
• Atchison Reappointed to Disabilities Prevention Council
• Heitbrink Named American Industrial Hygene Fellow
News Releases
Public Invited to Discuss Health Care Reform April 2The University of Iowa College of Public Health will join the Concord
Coalition for a public discussion on health care financing and reform
at 8 a.m. Thursday, April 2, in Des Moines. The event also will mark
the establishment of the Iowa Committee for Value in Healthcare, one
of several regional fiscal advisory councils formed to gather public
recommendations on health care reform. Registration spaces are still
open.
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Report Finds Injuries a Leading Cause of Death in Iowa
Injuries are a leading cause of death among Iowans with more than
1,500 injury-caused deaths each year -- more than four per day --
according to an inaugural report recently released by the University
of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center and Iowa Department of
Public Health.
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Upcoming Osher Classes, Opportunity
Enrollment is open for classes on fiction writing, civic engagement,
and poetry through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), at
the UI Center on Aging. In partnership with Hancher Auditorium, OLLI
is also hosting an exclusive discussion with Richard Stoltzman.
Read more...
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TopCPH in the News
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Research Shows School Buses Among Safest Transportation
(Radio Iowa, 3/26/2009)
CPH research found school buses are among the safest forms of
transportation on the road. CORINNE PEEK-ASA, director of the Injury
Prevention Research Center, co-authored the report which evaluated
Iowa crash data. Previous studies have focused on high-impact
collisions involving school buses. "That gap has sort of left the
public feeling like buses may be very dangerous, because what they
hear about is those catastrophic crashes," she said.
Read more...
Report Breaks Down Injuries in Iowa
(Radio Iowa, 3/27/2009)
A CPH report finds an average of four Iowans are killed every day, or
more than 1,500 people a year, by injuries. JOHN LUNDELL, deputy
director of the Injury Prevention Research Center, says unintentional
injuries are the leading cause of death for younger people, from ages
one to young adulthood and from the ages of 25-to-34, resulting from
things like car crashes, motorcycle crashes, and drownings.
Read more...
Briefs
Dean Holds Forum to Address Budget IssuesDean Susan Curry held open forums on March 23 and 24 to address
current budget issues and invite feedback and questions from CPH
faculty, staff, and students. Dean Curry's PowerPoint presentation
from the forums can be viewed on the college's budget update web site.
Read more...
Job Connection: Find the Employee You Are Looking For
Faculty, staff, and alumni can advertise open jobs, internships, or
assistantships on our Job Connection web site. This web site is
exclusively viewed by current College of Public Health students. Go
to http://cphiowa.erecruiting.com/emp/sblogin to create your own
employer account, or you may email the job posting to Amy Engelmann,
amy-engelmann@uiowa.edu.
Wolinsky Honored by UI College of Nursing
FRED WOLINSKY, professor and John W. Colloton Chair in Health
Management and Policy, has been selected by the UI College of Nursing
to receive the Woodrow W. Morris Distinguished Friend to Nursing
Award.
Read more...
African Craft Sale for HIV/AIDS Charity
The AIDS Project for Women & Children will have a crafts booth at the
Sycamore Mall Spring Craft Show to benefit WomenCrafters, a
not-for-profit association in Uganda of HIV/AIDS widows, orphans,
grandmothers, and/or guardians. The craft booth will be open on March
28, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and March 29, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Research News
Research Council Meeting Features Loki Research ProfilesAt the CPH Research Council Meeting on March 26, David Eichmann,
associate director for Biomedical Informatics in the UI Institute for
Clinical and Translational Science (ITCS), introduced Loki Research
Profiles. Eichmann encouraged CPH researchers to list themselves on
the research-focused social networking site, known as Loki, to
increase their opportunities for collaboration with other researchers.
Any researcher with a HawkID can create a profile. Once a profile is
created, the online system automatically generates a list of
publications through a Medline search. Eichmann is also working on
ways to generate information for profiles using existing, up-to-date
biosketches. Browse existing Loki profiles on the ICTS web site.
Read more...
Student News
CPH Students Recognized at LuncheonIn honor of Graduate Student Recognition Week, March 23 - 27, the
College of Public Health and Master of Public Health Program thanked
students for their contributions to the community with the Graduate
Student Appreciation Lunch on March 26 in the EMRB Atrium. Student
organization leaders were recognized and participants were eligible
for CPH prizes.
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"Mini Medical School" to Examine Cardiovascular Disease
The UI Carver College of Medicine will host a four-session Mini
Medical School program, "Cardiovascular Diseases: What You Should
Know," in April. The cost is only $5 for all four sessions. Space is
limited; early registration is encouraged. The sessions will be held
from 7 to 9 p.m. April 7, 14, 21, and 28 in the Dr. Prem Sahai
Auditorium in MERF. For more information contact
mini-med@uiowa.edu.
Read more...
People
In Memoriam: Leslie LovelessLeslie Loveless, a staff member in the Department of Occupational and
Environmental Health from 1998 to 2002, died March 18. Loveless, who
held a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University, worked
as a writer, journalist, editor, and advocate specializing in health
and public policy issues.
Read more...
Alum Featured for "Remarkable" Work for Women in Science
Chris Peterson Brus, who earned an M.S. in preventive medicine and
environmental health and epidemiology in 1994, was the subject of this
week's "Be Remarkable," a UI web feature. Brus is the director of the
UI Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program, which helps women
on campus and around the country succeed in science, technology,
engineering, and math fields.
Read more...
Atchison Reappointed to Disabilities Prevention Council
Governor Chet Culver recently reappointed CHRISTOPHER ATCHISON,
associate dean of public health practice, to a three-year term on the
Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council. The council works with
state-level policy issues related to disabilities. It also facilitates
collaborative research, training, and service initiatives related to the
prevention of disabilities and their secondary conditions.
Read more...
Heitbrink Named American Industrial Hygene Fellow
WILLIAM HEITBRINK, associate professor of Occupational and
Environmental Health, has been honored with the American Industrial
Hygene Association's Fellow Award, which is given to those individuals
who have made significant contributions to the field of industrial
hygiene.
Free Fitness Assessments Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women "It's Better to be Healthy and Rich Than Sick and Poor" showing Critical Race Theory Speaker Series: "Honoring Our Past, Charting CBH Seminar - "Behavioral Etiology of Flat Head Baby Syndrome" OEH Seminar - "Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America" Department of Epidemiology Journal Club - "Predicting ICU HMP-CHPR Research Updates - "The Changing Severity of Upcoming Events
University and College of Public Health
Health Iowa/Student Health Service will offer free fitness
assessments, including blood pressure screening, resting heart
rate, an aerobic step test, and various muscular fitness tests.
For more information contact Amy Fletcher, amy-fletcher@uiowa.edu.
Date: 3/31/2009
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: UI Field House, main deck
Keynote speaker: Wallace Loh, UI Executive Vice President and
Provost. Free and open to the public. Rreception begins
at 3:30 p.m.
Date: 4/1/2009
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Old Capitol, Senate Chamber
Associated URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/celebrationofexcellence/
All are welcome to attend the film screening of the Proseminar in
Cinema and Culture: "It's Better to be Healthy and Rich Than Sick
and Poor: Changing Currencies in Post-89 Central-European
Cinemas."
Date: 4/2/2009
Location: Becker Communication Studies Building, Room 101
Our Future Conference"
Date: 4/2/2009-4/4-2009
Location: UI College of Law, Boyd Law Building
Associated URL: http://law.du.edu/index.php/calendar/event-description/crt-20-honoring-our-past-charting-our-future-conference
Community & Behavioral Health
Presented by: Kevin Kelly, Ph.D., associate research
scientist, Occupational and Environmental Health, and adjunct associate
professor, Community and Behavioral Health
Date: 4/2/2009
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Medical Alumni Auditorium (E331 GH)
Contact: Donna Dorothy, donna-dorothy@uiowa.edu
Occupational & Environmental Health
Presented by: James A. Merchant, M.D., Dr.P.H., professor of occupational
and evironmental health
Date: 3/31/2009
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 123 / 125 IREH, Oakdale Campus
Contact: Allison Fritz, allison-fritz@uiowa.edu
Epidemiology
survival: A meta-level approach"
Discussion leader: Justin Glasgow
Date: 3/31/2009
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 2114 ML
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.eduHealth Management & Policy
Emergency Department Episodes Among Older Adults"
Presented by: Elizabeth Cook
Date: 4/3/2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: E216GH (Whitson Conference Room)
Contact: Karrey Smith, karrey-smith@uiowa.edu
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