May 2, 2008
News Releases
• UI Co-hosts April 29 Program for Free Medical Clinic Providers
• Hygienic Lab, Missouri Look to Expand Newborn Screening Plan
• UI Study on Heart Attack, Stroke Invites Participants
• UI researcher honored with national injury prevention award
CPH in the News
• Livestock Lobby Meddled in Study, Authors Contend
• Fisher, Donham Working to Improve Farm Health and Safety
• Fisher Comments on Statewide Smoking Ban
Briefs
• Special CPH Faculty Meeting Today — Welcome Incoming Dean Curry
• UI Holds Diversity Leadership Conference
• Clinical and Translational Science Career Development Awards
• Reminder: Hansen Award Nominations Due June 30
• Get Fresh with Your Local Farmer
Student News
• Commencement 2008: Information for Students
• Find Out More About Fulbright Funding for Overseas Research
Featured Web Site
• Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
News Releases
UI Co-hosts April 29 Program for Free Medical Clinic ProvidersHealth care specialists from the University of Iowa partnered
with Cedar Rapids Community Health Free Clinic and the Iowa City Free
Medical Clinic to hold a free, half-day continuing education program
April 29 for health care professionals who treat patients through the
free clinics.
Read more...
Hygienic
Lab, Missouri Look to Expand Newborn Screening Plan
Expanding the emergency backup plan for newborn screening (NBS)
developed by the University Hygienic Laboratory and the Missouri
State
Public Health Laboratory was the focus of the second annual
Heartland
NBS Laboratory Workshop, held April 17-18 in Jefferson City, Mo.
Read more...
UI Study on
Heart Attack, Stroke Invites Participants
People age 45 and older who have had a stroke, heart attack,
chest
pain, or heart-related surgery are invited to participate in a
University of Iowa research study on preventing these conditions
and
related complications.
Read more...
UI
Researcher Honored with National Injury Prevention
Award
John Lundell, deputy director of the UI Injury Prevention Research
Center
(IPRC), received the Ellen R. Schmidt Award from the State
and Territorial Injury
Prevention Directors Association at the national organization's
annual dinner
held April 22 in Oklahoma City.
Read more...
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TopCPH in the News
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Livestock Lobby Meddled in Study, Authors
Contend
(Des Moines Register, 4/30/2008)
A 2-year study by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal
Production concluded that the industry needs a vast overhaul
that
includes banning the use of antibiotics as a growth stimulant
and
giving local governments zoning power over often controversial
developments. College of Public Health Dean JAMES MERCHANT, who
served
on the commission, said that research into health problems
associated
with animal confinements needs to continue but that previous
studies
have already clearly shown public health risks. "We don't have to
wait
for more research to take some of these actions," he said.
Read more...
Fisher,
Donham Working to Improve Farm Health and Safety
(Spencer Daily Reporter, 4/30/2008)
Kristi Fisher, a former UI student and staff member now living
and
working near Spencer, Iowa, continues to collaborate with
KELLEY
DONHAM, professor of occupational and environmental health, and
the
AgriSafe network of health clinics to provide rural
occupational
health service for farmers, their families, and farm workers.
Read
more...
Fisher
Comments on Statewide Smoking Ban
(Iowa City Press-Citizen, 5/2/2008)
A statewide smoking ban that takes effect July 1 will apply to
virtually all public places. "It's a huge victory for all Iowans
and
for public health," said EILEEN FISHER, a board member and founder
of
Clean Air for Everyone Johnson County. Fisher also is an
associate
research scientist in the Department of Occupational and
Environmental
Health.
Read more...
Briefs
Special CPH Faculty Meeting Today — Welcome Incoming Dean CurryA special College of Public Health faculty meeting will be held today
at 3:30 p.m. in 1117 MERF to welcome incoming Dean Susan Curry. In
addition, Rodney Lehnertz, director of UI Planning, Design and
Construction, will be present to discuss the Oakdale Campus Master
Plan and provide an update on the College of Public Health Academic
Building. A reception for Dean Curry will begin at approximately 4:30
p.m. in the lobby outside 1117 MERF. Open to all CPH faculty.
UI Holds
Diversity Leadership Conference
The UI Diversity Leadership Conference, "Symbol to Substance:
Recruitment to Retention" will be held Thursday, May 15, 8:30 a.m.
to
4:30 p.m., in Room 2520D UCC. Speakers include Sonel Y.
Shropshire,
president, The Academic Network, Inc.; Sally Mason, president,
The
University of Iowa; and Steve McGuire, professor, UI School of Art
and
Art History. Please RSVP to kathy-last@uiowa.edu by
Wednesday, May 7
if you plan to attend.
Read more...
Clinical
and Translational Science Career Development Awards
The UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science is now
accepting
applications for KL2 Career Development Awards (formerly the K12
program).
The application deadline is June 15.
Read more...
Reminder:
Hansen Award Nominations Due June 30
The College of Public Health is accepting nominations for the
2009
Richard and Barbara Hansen Leadership Award and Distinguished
Lectureship. The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2008.
Read
more...
Get Fresh
with Your Local Farmer
Area farmers markets are set to open this weekend. Enjoy fresh
produce, support local growers, and feel good about knowing where
your
food comes from.
Read more...
Student News
Commencement 2008: Information for StudentsThe Office of the Registrar has detailed information available for
students participating in the Graduate College Commencement Ceremony
on Saturday, May 17, at 3 p.m. in Carver Hawkeye Arena. Graduates from
the College of Public Health will take part in this ceremony.
Read more...
Find Out
More About Fulbright Funding for Overseas Research
UI graduate students are invited to attend an informational meeting
on
applying for Fulbright scholarships to fund overseas research.
The
meeting will be held Wednesday, May 7, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the
International Commons (Room 1117), University Capitol Center.
Please
RSVP by May 2 to kate-karacay@uiowa.edu to
reserve a spot in the
session.
Read more...
Featured Web Site
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal ProductionOn April 29 the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
released a study concluding that the current industrial farm animal
production system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the
environment, and the welfare of the animals themselves. The full
report, "Putting Meat on The Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production
in America," is now available online. CPH Dean JAMES MERCHANT served
on the commission.
Read more...
Upcoming Events
University and College of Public Health
Speaking of Excellence Lecture -- "A
High Performance Health
System: An Ambitious Agenda for the Next President"
Presented by: Karen Davis, PhD, president of The Commonwealth
Fund.
In addition to leading The Commonwealth Fund, a
private foundation engaged in health and social policy
research, Dr. Davis is a nationally recognized economist with a
distinguished career in public policy and research.
She previously served as chairman of the Department of Health
Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
and
was the first woman to head a U.S. Public Health Service
agency.
Lunch will be provided.
Date: 5/6/2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: East Room (Elevator F, Level 8, UI Hospitals
and Clinics)
Contact: Karen Butler, karen-butler@uiowa.edu
Close of second semester classes
Date: 5/9/2008
Time: 10:00 PM
Master of Public Health
Graduation Celebration for Spring MPH
Graduates
Date: 5/6/2008
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Seebohm Conference Room
Contact: Lexie Just, lexie-just@uiowa.edu
Occupational & Environmental Health
OEH Seminar Series
Presented by: Dr. Al Robinson and Dr. George Conway, NIOSH
Date: 5/6/2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 123/125 IREH
Contact: Karlyn Harthoorn, karlyn-harthoorn@uiowa.edu
Epidemiology
"Evaluation of the Impact of
Employer-sponsored High Deductible
Health Plans with Health Savings Accounts on Expenditures,
Utilization and Use of Preventive Services"
Presented by: Mary Charlton, PhD candidate,
Department of Epidemiology
Date: 5/8/2008
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S724 GH
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Department of Epidemiology Poster
Session
Date: 5/9/2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: E250Z Preventive Intervention Center (Next to
Epidemiology Department Corridor)
Contact: Kathy Colbert, kathy-colbert@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics
Spring Picnic
Date: 5/3/2008
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: City Park - Shelter 17
Contact: Elizabeth Dastrup, elizabeth-dastrup@uiowa.edu
Biostatistics Seminar -- Preceptorship
Reports
Presented by: Songfeng Wang, "Determining Exclusion Criteria Using
CNC Word
Scores in the Iowa/Nucleus Hybrid 10-mm Cochlear Implant"; Gang
Cheng, "Analysis of Doubly Censored Current Status Data Using
EM
Algorithm with Application to California Partners Study"; Mijin
Jang, "Educational Intervention Effects on Diet in a Population of
Low-Income Women"
Date: 5/5/2008
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: 1117 MERF
Contact: Ann Weber, ann-weber@uiowa.edu
Health Management & Policy
IRB Forum on Keeping Data
Safe
Date: 5/9/2008
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: E216 GH (Whitson Conference Room)
Contact: Sharon Peck, sharon-peck@uiowa.edu
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