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Campaign encourages COVID-19 vaccinations in Iowa communities

The UI Prevention Research Center for Rural Health, Iowa Public Health Association, and Iowa Immunizes have collaborated on a new “mini-campaign” to increase COVID-19 vaccinations. The campaign was developed in response to the rise of the Delta variant that is making some people reconsider getting vaccinated.  

Lastascia Coleman

Q&A: PhD student Lastascia Coleman blends public health with nurse-midwife practice

Lastascia Coleman, a PhD candidate in health management and policy, is also a certified nurse-midwife and clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Carver College of Medicine. Coleman is incorporating public health policy into her research and practice.

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Supporting Safer Workplaces

Did you know that the UI College of Public Health is the only institution in the U.S. that is home to three NIOSH-funded research and training centers? Learn more about their work and missions.

Hear from Hawkeyes

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Finding a home in public health

Bikere Ikoba, MPH Class of 2021

“I sought to enter a field where I could employ my faith-rooted desire to work alongside community members in a movement towards global restorative justice.”

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Conducting health policy research

Stevland Sonnier, MPH Class of 2021

Sonnier co-authored research that helped inform testimony at a recent Ways and Means Committee hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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The impact of public health

Sydney Evans, BA, MPH Class of 2023

“The breadth of public health as well as the potential for impact, advancement, and growth of an entire population is what motivated me to pursue public health.”

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Studying health disparities

Crystal Garcia, PhD Candidate

Garcia is studying how racial and ethnic disparities are being worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.