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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.

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Video: A day in the life of an Iowa public health student

What’s it like to be a public health student at the University of Iowa? A short video gives a peek into a day in the life of Anna Proctor, one of our graduate students studying agricultural safety and health.

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UI to promote COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Iowa’s small and mid-sized communities

While nearly half of all Iowans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, demand for the vaccine has slowed, particularly in less densely populated regions of the state. That’s a trend researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health are aiming to reverse through a new federal grant to promote vaccine uptake in small and mid-sized communities across Iowa. 

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.