The University of Iowa Office of Community Engagement is holding an Engagement Summit on Tuesday, April 9. Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is a co-sponsor for the event.

Monica Ramirez-Andreotta, PhD, from the University of Arizona will give an evening keynote and participate in several other sessions throughout the day. Monica uses community-based participatory research methods and develops and implements programs with community health workers and communities in the areas of pollution prevention, climate change, environmental sustainability and resiliency/resistance, and monitoring.

More information about the event, along with a link to register, can be found here. This event will be of interest to students, faculty, staff, researchers, and community members.

In addition to the sessions that will take place on the east side of campus, Monica will also be offering two sessions at the College of Public Health.  

• Graduate Student Meet and Greet From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Monica will be available to meet with graduate students and trainees in S302 CPHB (conference room inside of Occupational and Environmental Health).
• “Participatory Research and Design for Action” workshop From 3 to 4 p.m., Monica will also offer a workshop geared towards researchers, faculty, staff, and trainees who are interested in community engagement and community-based participatory research. The workshop will be held in S302 CPHB. 

Questions about the Engagement Summit can be directed to Jan Warren (jan-warren@uiowa.edu). Questions about the afternoon sessions at CPHB can be directed to Megan Schmidt (megan-e-schmidt@uiowa.edu).  Please share this information with others in your network that may be interested in participating.