February 1, 2008
News Releases
• Heartland Center Seeks Proposals for Pilot Research Projects
CPH in the News
• Snetselaar Keynotes Local Obesity Summit
• Campo Compares Dieting Strategies in Women's Magazines
• Finalists Announced for CPH Dean
Briefs
• Reminder: CPH Students to Present at Poster Session Today
• It's Not too Late to Lighten Up, CPH
• Anderson to Speak in CBH Seminar Series
• MLK Keynote Address -- Photo Gallery
New Publications
• Health and Safety Bulletin
National Public Health Observance
• February Is American Heart Month
News Releases
Heartland Center Seeks Proposals for Pilot Research ProjectsThe Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety is accepting
research proposals for pilot project funding from doctoral and
post-doctoral trainees, occupational medicine residents, junior
faculty, and faculty new to the field of occupational health and
safety.
Read more...
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Snetselaar Keynotes Local Obesity
Summit
(Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1/26/2008)
The Childhood Obesity Summit, held Jan. 25 at the Levitt
Center,
brought together community leaders to discuss various approaches
to
the growing obesity epidemic. LINDA SNETSELAAR, professor and
interim
head of community and behavioral health, gave the keynote
address
titled, "Youth Obesity: Potential Avenues for Prevention."
Read more...
Campo
Compares Dieting Strategies in Women's Magazines
(Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/29/2008)
A new study concludes that magazines aimed at African American
women
are more likely than "mainstream" women's magazines to encourage
fad
diets and reliance on faith rather than proven fat-fighting
strategies. The study was led by SHELLY CAMPO, assistant professor
of
community and behavioral health.
Read more...
Finalists
Announced for CPH Dean
(Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1/30/2008)
An article summarizing the progress of the CPH dean search quotes
Dean
JAMES MERCHANT. "I think the college is in excellent shape. I
think
the opportunities for the new dean are endless. This college needs
to
grow," Merchant said.
Read more...
Briefs
Reminder: CPH Students to Present at Poster Session TodayJACKIE LEUNG-HERAS and MARY WHITE, graduate students in community
and behavioral health and 2008 Obermann Fellows, will present posters
at a public poster session on Friday, Feb. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the
Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A.
Read more...
It's Not
too Late to Lighten Up, CPH
Governor Chet Culver and Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge have
challenged state employees to take on the Lighten Up Iowa
100-Day
Challenge. The Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
has
already formed two teams and would welcome some healthy
competition.
Read more...
Anderson to
Speak in CBH Seminar Series
RACHEL ANDERSON, associate professor of health management and
policy,
will deliver the lecture, "Policy Intervention Research Via
Public
Health Problems," from 11 a.m. to noon in the Seebohm Conference
Room
(283 EMRB).
MLK Keynote
Address -- Photo Gallery
Photos from the MLK Keynote Lecture on Friday, Jan. 25, are
available
for viewing. Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver, professor of statistics
at
North Carolina State University, inspired faculty, staff, and
students
with stories from her own life growing up in Jamaica and
persevering
through her undergraduate and graduate studies in the United
States.
Her lecture was co-sponsored by the Department of
Biostatistics.
View photos...
New Publications
Health and Safety BulletinThe February edition of the WORKSAFE IOWA Health and Safety Bulletin
includes the following topics: the deadline on posting OSHSA Form
300-A; data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses; a
workplace hazard alert on endocrine disruptors; and studies on the
health benefits of job flexibility and volunteering.
Source: UI HealthWorks and WORKSAFE IOWA
Read more...
National Public Health Observance
February Is American Heart MonthThe American Heart Association has achieved its 2010 strategic goal of
reducing deaths by 25 percent for coronary heart disease--well ahead
of schedule. But reducing risk factors, especially physical
inactivity, obesity, and diabetes, remains a major challenge. Find out
what you can do to to have a healthier heart.
Read more...
Upcoming Events
College of Public Health
Teach for America Alumni
Panel
Date: 2/4/2008
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Indiana Room, IMU
Associated URL: http://www.teachforamerica.org
Contact: Lindsey Negaard, 563-505-5448
Urban and Regional Planning Hosts Open
House
Students and faculty from the University of Iowa Graduate
Program
in Urban and Regional Planning will answer questions and
provide
information about a career in urban and regional planning and
offer an overview of the UI graduate program. A joint degree is
available with health management and policy.
Date: 2/7/2008
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: 327 Jessup Hall
Associated URL: http://www.urban.uiowa.edu/prospective/visitors.htm
Project Marrow Donor Drive and DeGowin Blood
Drive
Date: 2/7/2008
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Michigan Room, IMU
Contact: Gina Chapleau, 319-430-0257
Community & Behavioral Health
Seminar -- "Policy Intervention Research
Via Public Health Problems
Presented by: Rachel Anderson, associate
professor of health management and policy
Date: 2/7/2008
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB
Contact: Arlys Thompson, arlys-thompson@uiowa.edu
Occupational & Environmental Health
OEH Seminar Series
Date: 2/5/2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 123/125 IREH
Contact: Karlyn Harthoorn, karlyn-harthoorn@uiowa.edu
Epidemiology
Epi Faculty Meeting
Date: 2/5/2008
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: C225GH (Isacson Conf. Room)
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Epi Seminar
Date: 2/7/2008
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S724 GH
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics
BSO Skating Activity
Date: 2/2/2008
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Coral Ridge Mall Skating Rink
Contact: Terry Kirk, terry-kirk@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics Seminar
-- "Survival Estimation for a Composite Outcome
When Ascertainment of Events Is Delayed"
Presented by: T. Charles Casper, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Faculty
Recruit
Date: 2/4/2008
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Contact: Ann Weber, ann-weber@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics Seminar -- "Improving Efficiency
of Inferences in Randomized
Clinical Trials using Auxiliary Covariates"
Presented by: Min Zhang, North Carolina State University,
Faculty
Recruit
Date: 2/8/2008
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Contact: Ann Weber, ann-weber@uiowa.edu
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