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COVID incidence, mortality rates remain much higher in rural areas

Rural Americans are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates than their urban counterparts, according to a report from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis.

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Iowa researchers awarded $1.1M CDC grant to develop training for remote managers

A team of researchers from the Tippie College of Business and the College of Public Health have received a $1.1 million grant from the CDC to investigate better methods of training supervisors to manage remote workers, focusing on both productivity and worker well-being.

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New center addresses trauma and resiliency in Native American children and families

Iowa researchers have been awarded a $3 million grant over five years by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to establish and support a new center, the National American Indian and Alaska Native Trauma and Service Adaptation Center.

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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.