Student Voices
What's it like to be a student in the UI College of Public Health? This collection of blogs and articles focuses on the activities of current students and recent graduates.
Blogs
Student blogs provide a first-person, inside look at internships and other work experiences that students take part in during their time at the College of Public Health.
Note: These blogs are unedited and do not necessarily reflect the views of the College of Public Health or The University of Iowa.
Follow Ryan's whereabouts as dual MPH/MHA student.
Katie is a second-year community and behavioral health MPH student.
Read about Lisa's experiences as a community and behavioral health student.
Joanna blogged about her eye-opening trip to India as part of the UI INdIA Winterim program.
Meagan also traveled to India for the UI INdIA program and blogged about her adventures.
Past Blogs
Students share their experiences from Prof. David Osterberg's Environmental Planning and Public Health in India Winterim course.
Joanna Dawson, United Action for Youth, Iowa City
Joanna interned at the United Action for Youth and took on a full-time position there after graduation.
Laura Vonnahme, Haiti/New York City
Laura interned with a TB bureau in New York City and conducted health research in Haiti.
Maryn Torner, PeruMaryn worked with women prisoners to better understand their health status and available services.
Other Student Features
These features focus on the activities, accomplishments, and interests of College of Public Health students and recent graduates.
Renae DeVolder's practicum led her to a better understanding of diabetes and the Objibwe culture.
Iowa Summer Institute in Biostatistics
Students from all over the nation made Iowa City their home while they submerged themselves in the study of biostatistics.
Students from lead an outreach program that teaches local youth about public health in their schools.
MPH student Esperanza Pintor Martinez interned in Honduras as part of the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research and Training program.
Award-Winning Student Contributions
MPH student Karen Summers completed a practicum with the Healthy Living Coalition, a division of the Healthy Linn Care Network based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
CPH progams offer veterinarians like Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, training in public health.
Spring 2009 graduates shared their plans and reflections as they joined the ranks of CPH alumni.
The Many Faces of Public Health
Programs strive to include underrepresented minority students to enrich public health practice and research.
It Takes a CommunityCPH alum Jeremiah Garza's career in public health was shaped by a passion for community health improvement.
Reaching Out AbroadThough many valuable lessons can be learned locally, some students opt to take their public health experience overseas.
Public Health in ActionStudents assisted with public health and recovery efforts following the 2008 flood in Iowa City.