April 18, 2008
News Releases
• UI Researchers Awarded $1.2 million for Nanotoxicity Study
• Influenza Vaccination Rates in Hospital Health Care Workers
• Public Health Impacts of Industrial Food Animal Production
• Osher Institute's Popular 'Wines of Iowa' Class Returns May 28
• CPH Student Receives UI WISE Program Travel Grant
CPH in the News
• Lynch Participates in Cancer Research
• Curry: Centered on Public Health
• Osterberg Discusses Climate Change
• Donham Comments on Proposed Air Quality Rule
• Food Summit to Focus on School Lunches
• Project to Study Nano Tech, Health
• UI Study on Hog Confinement Facilities Impact Cited
Briefs
• Global Health Campus Hosts Program on Developmental Disabilities
• PCB Workshop: New Knowledge Gained from Old Pollutants
• Epi Food Drive a Success
• Do Good This Weekend
People
• Superfund Program Students Receive Awards
Featured Web Sites
• Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll: USGS Earthquake Maps
National Public Health Observance
• April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
News Releases
UI Researchers Awarded $1.2 Million for Nanotoxicity StudyResearchers in the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at the
University of Iowa have been awarded a $1.2 million National
Institutes of Health grant to investigate the toxicity of inhaled
nanomaterials.
Read more...
Influenza
Vaccination Rates in Hospital Health Care Workers
Charles M. Helms, M.D., Ph.D., professor of internal
medicine in the
UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, will
present
"Interpandemic Influenza Vaccination Rates in Hospital Health
Care
Workers: Implications for Pandemic Preparedness" at 12:30 p.m.
Monday,
April 28, in Room 2117 of the UI Medical Education and Research
Facility.
Read more...
Public Health Impacts of
Industrial Food Animal Production
Ellen K. Silbergeld, professor of environmental health
sciences at the
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health,
will
present "Public Health Impacts of Industrial Food Animal
Production"
at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in Room 2117 of the UI
Medical
Education and Research Facility.
Read more...
Osher
Institute's Popular 'Wines of Iowa' Class Returns May
28
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UI Center on Aging
is
bringing back its popular "Wines of Iowa" class for people
interested
in the state's burgeoning wine industry.
Read more...
CPH Student
Receives UI WISE Program Travel Grant
The UI Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program has
announced
fall semester award recipients of its Dr. Eunice Schuytema Beam
Travel
Grant Program. The award winners, including SUHONG ZHANG, a CPH
doctoral student studying public health and biostatistics, each
receive $250 toward travel to a professional meeting to present
scholarly work.
Read more...
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TopCPH in the News
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Lynch Participates in Cancer
Research
(Science Daily, 4/13/2008)
Smoking puts older women at significant risk for loss of DNA
repair
proteins that are critical for defending against development of
some
colorectal cancers, according to research based on data from the
Iowa
Women's Health Study. CHARLES LYNCH, professor of epidemiology,
was
one of the researchers.
Read
more...
Curry:
Centered on Public Health
(Iowa City Press-Citizen, 4/13/2008)
Susan Curry will become the new dean of the College of Public
Health
effective Aug. 1. Her desire to learn led her to a career path
in
behavioral science, with a specific focus on tobacco.
Read more...
Osterberg
Discusses Climate Change
(This Week @ UHL, 4/14/2008)
The world is warmer today than at any time in the past 1,000 years
and
humans are the cause of it, said DAVID OSTERBERG, associate
professor
of occupational and environmental health. Osterberg was the
featured
speaker at a University Hygienic Laboratory luncheon held in honor
of
National Public Health Week.
Read more...
Donham
Comments on Proposed Air Quality Rule
(Marietta Daily Journal, 4/14/2008)
A story about the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to
end
monitoring of animal-waste emissions quotes KELLEY DONHAM,
professor
of occupational and environmental health. The current policy
gives
residents some "feeling of control in their neighborhoods" and
can
provide guidance in deciding where farms should be located,
Donham
said. This Associated Press story appeared on multiple news
organization’s web sites.
Read more...
Food Summit
to Focus on School Lunches
(The Gazette, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, 4/15/2008)
Food that is cheap in the short term can be costly in the
long-run,
organizers of a local food summit said. The summit is co-sponsored
by
the College of Public Health. Panelists include LINDA
SNETSELAAR,
interim head of community and behavioral health, and TRUDY
BURNS,
professor of epidemiology.
Read
more...
Project to
Study Nano Tech, Health
(The Daily Iowan, 4/16/2008)
Researchers at the UI Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute
have
been given a $1.2 million research grant to study the toxicity
of
inhaled nanomaterials. PATRICK O'SHAUGHNESSY, associate professor
of
occupational and environmental health, said the main concern
regarding
nanomaterials is that because of their small size, the particles
could
easily travel into the lower lungs, and possibly enter the
bloodstream
and move throughout the body.
Read more...
UI Study on
Hog Confinement Facilities Impact Cited
(The Daily Republic, 4/17/2008)
Residents protesting the construction of a hog confinement
facility
near Marty, S.D., are reviewing studies on the effects of
concentrated
animal feeding operations, including a 2002 study by The University
of
Iowa that was commissioned by then-Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. The
Daily
Republic is published in Mitchell, S.D.
Read more...
Briefs
Global Health Campus Hosts Program on Developmental DisabilitiesOn Saturday, April 12, the UI Global Health Campus project, led by TOM
COOK, professor of occupational and environmental health, hosted an
online workshop and training program with Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru
(CASP), a school in Lima, Peru, serving students with developmental
disabilities. The program connected participants from 12 sites in Peru
with additional participants in Guatemala and the United States. A
total of 450 people took part in the workshop. "Topics dealt with
public policy and attitudes about managing children with 'different
abilities,' such as autism and Down syndrome," said Cook. "It was a
really terrific session." A recording of the April 12 session and
other Global Health Campus programs can be found at
globalcampus.uiowa.edu/recordings.html. Use the calendar to locate the
recording you want to view.
PCB
Workshop: New Knowledge Gained from Old Pollutants
The fifth PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) Workshop will be held
May
18-22, 2008, at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Convention
Center.
This workshop will bring together the latest information on the
chemical, physical, and biomedical aspects of these
environmental
pollutants. Scientists, post docs, and students of varied
backgrounds
are encouraged to participate. Registration is required.
Read
more...
Epi Food
Drive a Success
The "Top Ten Food Drive," co-sponsored by the Epidemiology
Staff
Council and the Epidemiology Student Association, collected more
than
300 pounds of donations for the Johnson County Crisis Center
Food
Bank. The "Top Ten" theme was used to emphasize items identified
by
the center as those most needed (canned fruit, canned
vegetables,
canned meat, canned soup, pasta, jam or jelly, toilet paper,
rice,
potato products, and juice). Donation boxes were set up at
seven
campus locations where Department of Epidemiology
administration,
student, or research staff are located. The food drive was
conducted
as part of National Public Health Week.
Do Good
This Weekend
Want to get outdoors and do a good deed this weekend? You can
help
fight cancer, prevent birth defects and premature birth, donate to
the
community food bank (and see some Hawkeye football), or support
local
hospice services.
Read more...
People
Superfund Program Students Receive AwardsStudents and post docs with the Iowa Superfund Basic Research Program
and affiliated departments and colleges have earned several noteworthy
distinctions in the past several weeks.
Read more...
Featured Web Sites
Calculate Your Carbon FootprintThe choices we make in our homes, our travel, the food we eat, and
what we buy and throw away all affect the environment. In honor of
Earth Day, use The Nature Conservancy's online carbon footprint
calculator to measure your climate impact. The calculator will
estimate how many tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
your choices create each year.
Read more...
Shake,
Rattle, and Roll: USGS Earthquake Maps
Did you feel that? The Iowa City area has been swaying to a few
tremors today due to a 5.4 magnitude earthquake occurring at 4:37
a.m
followed by a 4.6 magnitude tremor at 10:14 a.m. The epicenter of
both
quakes were located in southern Illinois. Visit the U.S.
Geological
Survey site to view maps and details.
Read
more...
National Public Health Observance
April Is Sexual Assault Awareness MonthAccording to national statistics, one in four women and one in six men
will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As part of Sexual
Assault Awareness Month, the Clothesline Project will be on display at
the UI Pentacrest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. The
project is a visual display of 450 t-shirts designed by victims of
violence and their friends and families The display is sponsored by
the UI Global Health Club and the Rape Victim Advocacy Program.
Read more...
Upcoming Events
University and College of Public Health
UI Bridging Fiesta
The third annual UI Bridging Fiesta celebrates the diversity in
the University community. The event--an international talent
show designed to promote peaceful coexistence among students,
staff, and faculty--will feature Scottish bagpipes, Nubian
songs
from Sudan, and performances of Indian, West African, Rwandan,
and
Chinese dances. Event co-sponsors include UI Student
Government,
UI International Programs, and the UI Office of International
Students and Scholars.
Date: 4/19/2008
Time: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Second-floor Ballroom, IMU
Associated URL:
http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/April/041108bridging_fiesta.html
Contact: Su Zhang, su-zhang@uiowa.edu
Earth Day 2008
Celebrate Earth Day 2008 by taking part in local projects
and
initiatives designed to benefit the environment and raise
community awareness of environmental issues.
Date: 4/22/2008
Associated URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~gogreen/projectsandinitiatives.shtml
Spring Colloquium
The colloquium will include a lecture by Rear Admiral Sam Shekar,
Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Health for the
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Transformation. Amy
Englemann, CPH collegiate programs advisor, will
demonstrate Job Connection, a new interactive job and internship
search tool. There will be refreshments and time for students to
join our practice partners in learning more about opportunities in
public health practice.
Date: 4/24/2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Clasen Board Room (1329 JCP)
Associated URL:
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news/events/2008/08-SpringColloquiumFlyer.jpg
Contact: Carman Walsh, carman-walsh@uiowa.edu
Johnson County Local Food Summit --"Changing the
Face of School
Lunch"
This public summit will address how school communities can
provide more wholesome, nutritious, and delicious food. The
College of Public Health is a co-sponsor of this event.
Date: 4/24/2008
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: West High School, Iowa City
Contact: James Nisly, 319-936-6510, JamesNisly@jclfa.org
Master of Public Health
Summer and Fall early
registration
Date: 4/21/2008 - 4/25/2008
Contact: Lexie Just, lexie-just@uiowa.edu
Occupational & Environmental Health
OEH Seminar Series
Date: 4/22/2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 123/125 IREH
Contact: Karlyn Harthoorn, karlyn-harthoorn@uiowa.edu
Epidemiology
Epi Seminar
Date: 4/24/2008
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S724 GH
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Health Management & Policy
ISAHL Meeting
Date: 4/24/2008
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 2501 BSB
CHPR Research Seminar Series
Presented by: Barry Greene
Date: 4/25/2008
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: E216 GH (Whitson Conference Room)
Contact: Sharon Peck, sharon-peck@uiowa.edu
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