Iowa Public Health Newsletter for Alumni and Friends of the College of Public Health
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June 2025

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2024 Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients

The recipients of the College of Public Health's 2024 Outstanding Alumni Awards, Vijay Golla and Daniela Moga, will be honored at a special event on on Sept. 11.
Brothers Michael, Jacob, and Nick Seedorff, pictured at their family home, have all studied biostatistics at the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Biostatistics unites the Seedorff brothers

Through their academic work in biostatistics at the University of Iowa, three Iowa siblings with a love for numbers and problem-solving have found enriching—and different—career paths. Read more about Michael, Jacob, and Nick Seedorff.
Graduate Selfie in Hancher Auditorium

Class Notes

Keep up with your classmates from the College of Public Health. Submit your Class Note here and it will be included on our website and in our Iowa Public Health alumni magazine.
Two public health students smile for the camera at the 2024 commencement ceremony.

PHOTOS: CPH students celebrate graduation

Take a look at our photo gallery from 2024 Commencement at Hancher Auditorium.
Portrait of 2016 Outstanding Alumni Award winner Leslie Ain McClure.

Alumna Leslie McClure reflects on public health research

Alumna Leslie McClure (97MS) is now the dean of Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice and fellow with the SLU Research Institute. She recently reflected on the experiences that brought her to this new position and what it means to grow public health research.
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Laura Schwab Reese discusses violence and injury prevention

Alumna Laura Schwab Reese (15PhD, 13certificate) is an associate professor of public health at Purdue University and the president of the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR). She recently discussed her research interests and work with SAVIR.
Nathan Savage, a student in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Learning experience leads to job

Recent grad Nate Savage's internship with the Johnson County Department of Public Health led directly to his job there as an Emergency Preparedness Planner.
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CPH faculty among UI award recipients

Rima Afifi, Elizabeth Chrischilles, Natoshia Askelson, and Cara Hamann are among UI faculty honored with exemplary end-of-year awards by the University of Iowa.
Jenah McCarty (green jacket), Hallie Vonk, and Nicholas Lembezeder are all graduating from the College of Public Health this spring. They helped found the Student Association for Rural Health.

CPH students seek to bridge rural-urban health divide

A group of our graduating MHA/MPH students — Jenah McCarty, Hallie Vonk, and Nick Lembezeder — have laid a solid foundation for a student organization that focuses on reducing health disparities in rural communities — like the ones they call home. (Iowa Now)

Jobs Bulletin

Ready to take the next step in your career? Use our College of Public Health Jobs Bulletin to help you find that dream job.

Alumni Directory

Keep up with your classmates with our College of Public Health Alumni Directory.

Use this form to join the directory or to update your existing listing.

Alumni are listed by name, degrees earned, town of residence and email address, and have the option of adding employer, job title, employment sector and LinkedIn page.

Upcoming Events

Hospital and Health Systems Leadership Lecture: Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, Feb. 19

College of Public Health Rural Health Summit, Feb. 28

Public Health Day on the Hill, March 5

Public Health Conference of Iowa, April 1-2

› Hawkeye Caucus, April 9

CPH Commencement Ceremony, May 17

More College of Public Health events...

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