February 8, 2008
News Releases
• Study: War Can Lead to Long-term 'Epidemic' of Firearms Injuries to Children
• Osher Course on 'Gandhian Thought' Begins Feb. 28
• Deadline for CHEEC Seed Grant Proposals Is March 3
CPH in the News
• UI Is Not Quitting Quitline Fight
• Citizens for Public Health Raise $15,370
Briefs
• Gray, Smith to Present at Interdisciplinary Health Group Feb. 14
• Nominations Invited for Faculty Achievement Award
Research News
• Funding Opportunities
Student News
• UICHR Summer Fellowship Deadline Feb. 27
• Introducing Job Connection
• Dissertation Got You Down?
New Publications
• Faculty and Staff Publications
People
• Obermann Fellows Leung-Heras and White Strut Their Stuff
News Releases
Study: War Can Lead to Long-term 'Epidemic' of Firearms Injuries to ChildrenA study led by CORINNE PEEK-ASA, professor of occupational and environmental health, shows that high rates of injury and death may continue for at least five years following a war's end, illustrating the need for firearm prevention programs as part of war reparation efforts.
Read more...
Osher Course
on 'Gandhian Thought' Begins Feb. 28
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UI Center on Aging
is
offering "Gandhian Thought: Applications for the 21st Century"
from
6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays Feb. 28 through April 10.
Read more...
Deadline for
CHEEC Seed Grant Proposals Is March 3
Faculty of public or private colleges or universities in Iowa, as
well
as researchers and educators affiliated with state environmental
or
health agencies, are encouraged to apply for seed grants from the
UI
Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination.
Read more...
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TopCPH in the News
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UI Is Not Quitting Quitline
Fight
(The Daily Iowan, 2/5/2008)
Unanswered questions are still circulating after the UI lost
its
contract for Quitline Iowa, the smoking-cessation counseling
hotline.
The University is still fighting the decision, currently waiting on
a
second appeal to the Iowa Tobacco Commission.
Read more...
Citizens
for Public Health Raise $15,370
(The Gazette, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, 2/6/2008)
Citizens for Public Health has raised $15,370 toward its quest
to
raise $15 million for the University of Iowa College of Public
Health.
Read more...
Briefs
Gray, Smith to Present at Interdisciplinary Health Group Feb. 14GREGORY GRAY, professor of epidemiology, and TARA SMITH, assistant
professor of epidemiology, will discuss research on emerging
infectious diseases at the next meeting of the UI Interdisciplinary
Health Group. The group will meet on Thursday, Feb. 14 from noon to 1
p.m. at the Public Policy Center Seminar room, 200 South Quadrangle.
Nominations
Invited for Faculty Achievement Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the CPH Board of Advisors
2008
Award for Faculty Achievement in Community Engagement. The
deadline
for submissions is March 12.
Read more...
Research News
Funding OpportunitiesThe CPH Research Office web page has been updated with new funding
opportunities as of Feb. 8.
Read more...
Student News
UICHR Summer Fellowship Deadline Feb. 27This fellowship involves working with the UI Center for Human Rights and Justice for Our Neighbors to facilitate legal representation and educational outreach
to immigrant communities in Iowa. Other summer opportunties at partner
organizations across the Midwest are also available. Contact Rochelle
Hammer at rochelle-hammer@uiowa.edu for information and application
materials.
Introducing
Job Connection
CPH students, meet Job Connection, a brand new career and
employment
resource for students in the college.
Read more...
Dissertation Got You Down?
The University Counseling Service is offering a Dissertation
Support
Group for students working on or about to start working on
their
dissertation.
Read more...
New Publications
Faculty and Staff PublicationsRecent CPH faculty and staff publications.
Read more...
People
Obermann Fellows Leung-Heras and White Strut Their StuffJACKIE LEUNG-HERAS and MARY WHITE, graduate students in community and
behavioral health, presented posters of projects they developed during
the Obermann Institute in January. Leung-Heras presented "Using Photos
to Tell a Story" and White presented the curriculum for a course she
developed called "Global Health Connect."
View photos...
Upcoming Events
College of Public Health
Deadline -- Stanley Award and IP
Graduate Travel Award
Applications are due for the Stanley Graduate Awards for
International Research and the International Programs Graduate
Travel Award.
Date: 2/13/2008
Associated URL:
http://international.uiowa.edu/grants/students/funding/graduate/default.asp
Contact: Kristi Fitzpatrick, 319-335-2823
Symposium -- "Climate Change and Human
Rights"
Experts from across the country will gather to discuss climate
change and its devastating impact on human rights. The event is
free and open to the public.
Date: 2/15/2008
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: Boyd Law Building, Levitt Auditorium
Associated URL:
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/february/020608climate_hrsymposium.html
Occupational & Environmental Health
Seminar -- "The Science of Global
Warming"
Presented by: David Osterberg, associate professor of
occupational and environmental health
Date: 2/12/2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 123/125 IREH
Contact: Karlyn Harthoorn, karlyn-harthoorn@uiowa.edu
Epidemiology
Epi Journal Club -- "Cross-sectional
Versus Prospective
Associations of Sleep Duration with Changes in Relative Weight
and Body Fat Distribution"
Date: 2/12/2008
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 2114 ML
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Epi Seminar
Date: 2/14/2008
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S724 GH
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Health Management & Policy
Executive Seminar
Presented by: Tom Evans
Date: 2/15/2008
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Contact: Torrie Malichky, torrie-malichky@uiowa.edu
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