April 10, 2009
News Releases
• UI WISE Program Awards Travel Grants
• UI Receives International Training Grant for Underrepresented Students
• Agricultural Medicine Course Offered June 8-12
CPH in the News
• Peter Nathan Featured as "Face of UI"
• UI Center Focuses on Injuries, Prevention
• Tests Could Tell When Alzheimer's Patients Should Stop Driving
Briefs
• College, University Officials Discuss CPH Academic Building
• Global Health Exhibit at Hardin Library April 15-24
• CPH Marks National Public Health Week
• Speaker to Address Time, Sustainability on April 13
• Johnson County Health and Human Services Open House April 18
• Lecture by People Powered to Offer Creative Environmental Projects
Student News
• Interdisciplinary Health Research Abstracts Due April 13
New Publications
• Farm Families Alive and Well, March 2009
National Public Health Observance
• April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Budget Update
• Remarks from President Mason's Budget Forum Now Online
News Releases
UI WISE Program Awards Travel GrantsThe University of Iowa Women in Science and Engineering program
has announced its Dr. Eunice Schuytema Beam Travel Grant Program
spring semester award recipients, including LEI HUA, a biostatistics
doctoral student.
Read more...
UI Receives International Training Grant for Underrepresented Students
The University of Iowa has been awarded a five-year, $1.2 million
grant from the National Center on Minority Health and Health
Disparities to continue its international training program for
students from health disparities populations who are pursuing research
careers in the health sciences.
Read more...
Agricultural Medicine Course Offered June 8-12
Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health and the Great Plains
Center for Agricultural Health will host a training program for health
care professionals who treat and help prevent occupational illnesses
and injuries on the farm June 8-12 at hotelVetro & Conference Center,
201 S. Linn St., Iowa City.
Read more...
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Peter Nathan Featured as "Face of UI"
(The Daily Iowan, 4/3/2009)
PETER NATHAN, community and behavioral health professor emeritus and
former interim UI president and provost, was featured in the Daily
Iowan's "Faces of the UI" series. Nathan has 40 years experience
conducting alcohol-related research, and he continues to weigh in on
the subject as a member of the UI's Alcohol Steering Committee.
Nathan's wife, ANNE HELENE SKINSTAD, associate professor of community
and behavioral health, also appears in the story.
Read more...
UI Center Focuses on Injuries, Prevention
(The Daily Iowan, 4/3/2009)
The UI Injury Prevention Research Center — created in 1990 — seeks
funding for research to understand how injuries occur, provides
information for policymakers and practitioners, and offers training on
injury prevention. “Many colleges of public health don’t have training
in injury prevention,” said CORINNE PEEK-ASA, director of the center.
“Here [at the UI], we have one of the top training programs in
the country.”
Read more...
Tests Could Tell When Alzheimer's Patients Should Stop Driving
(The Associated Press, 4/7/2009)
JEFF DAWSON, associate professor of biostatistics, and colleagues
recruited early-stage Alzheimer's patients to take neuropsychological
tests and a road test and compared performance to that of older drivers
without dementia. Alzheimer's drivers committed more driving mistakes.
Tests that assess cognitive, visual, and motor skills helped predict who
would perform worse. The Associated Press story was published by many
news outlets, including salon.com, The New York Times, The Seattle
Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
in Alaska, the London Free Press, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida,
the Daily Herald in Illinois, and the Boston Globe.
Read more...
Briefs
College, University Officials Discuss CPH Academic BuildingDean Sue Curry, along with architects and project managers for the
College of Public Health’s new academic building, met with residents
of the Manville Heights neighborhood in Iowa City on April 1 to review
progress on the facility. Construction of the college’s academic home
is currently underway at the site of the former UI International
Center, adjacent to the Manville Heights neighborhood.
Read more...
Global Health Exhibit at Hardin Library April 15-24
“Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health” is a
traveling exhibition using historical and contemporary photographs to
highlight the role of communities in improving health at home and
around the world. Hosted by the College of Public Health in
partnership with Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, the exhibit
is free, open to the public and will be on display April 15-24 near
the library’s third floor entrance.
CPH Marks National Public Health Week
As part of National Public Health Week 2009, College of Public Health
representatives traveled to the Iowa Capitol on April 8 to meet with
state legislators.
Read more...
Speaker to Address Time, Sustainability on April 13
John de Graaf, executive director of Take Back Your Time, an
organization challenging time poverty and overwork in North America,
will present "Time and Sustainability" on April 13 at 7 p.m. in the
Pomerantz Center, Room C20. His visit also includes a free, public
screening of his latest film, "What's The Economy For, Anyway?" at
2:30 p.m., April 13 at the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center.
Read more...
Johnson County Health and Human Services Open House April 18
The Johnson County Department of Public Health invites community
members to stop by the new County Health and Human Services Building
on 855 S. Dubuque Street during its open house on April 18 from 1 to 4
p.m. The new building is a resource to better serve the residents of
Johnson County.
Read more...
Lecture by People Powered to Offer Creative Environmental Projects
People Powered, visiting artists in Intermedia, will be the subject of
a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 23, in Room 2217 of the UI
Seamans Center. People Powered's projects confront environmental
challenges with art. For example, "Soil Starter: Community Composting
Network" is a composting program; and "Loop Limited: Recycled Paint"
focuses on the recycling of household paint.
Student News
Interdisciplinary Health Research Abstracts Due April 13The annual poster session sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Health
Group Student Poster Committee will take place April 23 with
abstracts due April 13. Abstracts and posters may be presented
even if they have been or will be used for other presentations. The
event gives all students an opportunity to present health-related
research and encourages interaction between heath disciplines.
Read more...
New Publications
Farm Families Alive and Well, March 2009The March issue of the Farm Families Alive and Well newsletter
includes articles on ag health professionals' training programs,
agricultural injuries, fatalities caused by cattle, and more.
Source: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Read more...
National Public Health Observance
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention MonthNational Child Abuse Prevention Month is a time to raise awareness
about child abuse and neglect and encourage individuals and
communities to support children and families.
Read more...
Budget Update
Remarks from President Mason's Budget Forum Now OnlineA text version of the remarks from University of Iowa President Sally Mason
made during her April 8 budget forum are now available online.
Read more...
The Univeristy of Iowa Powwow Research Week, April 14-15 "Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health" Iowa Women's Leadership Conference: Choosing to Lead, April 15-17 Research Council Meeting Diversity Focus Brown Bag Speaking Series Research Staff Brown Bag Seminar Public Talk - "Climate Change Threat and Opportunity: Will Colloquium: "Medical Homes & Role of Public Health" CBH Journal Club OEH Seminar - "What Do We Know About Viruses in the Air?" Epidemiology Faculty Meeting Josiah Alamu Dissertation Defense - "Evaluation of Antimicrobial Biostatistics Seminar - "Integrative Approaches to Studying Upcoming Events
University and College of Public Health
Hosted by the UI American Indian Student Association, the Powwow
will include 21 dance categories, drum competition, food and art
vendors.
Date: 4/11/2009
Time: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Location: Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge
Associated URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~aisa/index_files/Page577.htm
The Carver College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, College of
Public Health and VA Health System Research Week events are set
to take place April 14-15 on the health sciences campus.
Associated URL: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/research/researchweek/
Exhibit Opens
Date: 4/15/2009-4/24/2009
Location: Hardin Library, third floor
Contact: Debra Venzke, debra-venzke@uiowa.edu
Registration required
Location: Marriott Hotel & Convention Center, Coralville, IA
Associated URL: http://www.iowawomensconference.com
Date: 4/16/2009
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: 2189 MERF
Contact: Kathy Hicklin, kathy-hicklin@uiowa.edu
Religious Diversity: Creating Bridges to Cooperation
Presented by: Diane John from the Inter-Religious Council of Linn County.
Date: 4/16/2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: U.S. Bank, 204 E. Washington St., Lower Level Training Room
Associated URL: http://www.diversityfocus.org
Join UI purchasing agent Diana Boeglin for an informative presentation
and discussion of the services the Purchasing Department provides to UI researchers.
Date: 4/16/2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB
Iowa Respond?"
Presented by Jerry Schnoor, professor of civil and environmental
engineering and co-director of the UI Center for Global and
Regional Environmental Research.
Date: 4/16/2009
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: T-Spoons, corner of Linn and Market streets
This program, sponsored by the CPH's Institute for Public Health
Practice, will include a background on medical home models;
current information including implementation steps and practice
stories from local organizations; and address future directions.
Practice partners will have the opportunity to meet CPH graduate
students during the luncheon.
Date: 4/17/2009
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: EMRB Seebohm Conference Room
Contact: Angela Harding, 335-8451 , angela-harding@uiowa.edu
Community & Behavioral Health
Date: 4/16/2009
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: BSB 2-501
Contact: Arlys Thompson, arlys-thompson@uiowa.edu
Occupational & Environmental Health
Presented by: Peter C. Raynor, Ph.D., assistant professor,
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
The Elluminate
link: https://globalcampus.uiowa.edu:443/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1237908860913
Date: 4/14/2009
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: 123/125 IREH
Epidemiology
Date: 4/14/2009
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: C225GH (Isacson Conference Room)
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Use in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit"
Date: 4/17/2009
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: C225 GH
Contact: Michele Patrick, michele-patrick@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics
Gene Regulatory Systems"
Presented by: Kai Tan, Ph.D., assistant professor of internal
medicine and biomedical engineering, University of Iowa.
Date: 4/13/2009
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Location: 1117 MERF
Contact: Ann Weber, ann-weber@uiowa.edu
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