Dr. Razvan Chereches, executive director of the Cluj School of Public Health at the University of Babes-Bolyai in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, will be visiting the College of Public Health the week of November 16. The following activities have been scheduled:

OEH Seminar
“Collaborative Research and Academic Exchange: The Story of the Cluj School of Public Health and the University of Iowa College of Public Health”
Tuesday, November 17
C217AB CPHB
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

MHIRT/CPH Student Travel Grant Information Session
Wednesday, November 18
C410 CPHB
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Dr. Chereches will speak about the student summer research program opportunities at the Cluj School of Public Health, which is available to MHIRT or CPH Student Travel Award students as well as students who arrange participation in this program independently. General information about MHIRT and the CPH Student Travel Awards will also be available.

CANCELLED  Lunch and Learn: Opportunities for Research and Exchange with the Cluj School of Public Health
Friday, November 20
S162 CPHB
Noon -1:00 p.m.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to bring their lunches to join in this informal discussion with Dr. Razvan Chereches, Executive Director of the Cluj School of Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Dr. Razvan Chereches currently serves as the executive director of the Cluj School of Public Health at the University of Babes-Bolyai in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The Cluj School of Public Health (C-SPH) is an innovative research focused program with full English educational track in public health – BA, MPH, PhD in Cluj, Romania. It is the only public health program taught completely in English in Central and Eastern Europe.

The C-SPH is was formed out of the Department of Public Health (educational wing) and the Center for Health Policy and Public Health (research wing), within the College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences of Babes-Bolyai University – the biggest and highest ranked university from Romania.

The degree programs were developed in collaboration with faculty from the University of Iowa, including Drs. James Merchant (former Dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health), Dr. Thomas Cook, and Dr. Corinne Peek-Asa, who all attended the formal launch of the school in 2010. The public health degree programs at Babes-Bolyai University are modeled after the College of Public Health (CPH) at the University of Iowa. Two faculty members from CPH have taught courses for this undergraduate degree program; Dr. Anne Wallis taught Introduction to Epidemiology, and David Osterberg taught Environmental Health Policy.

For more information about the Cluj School of Public Health, please visit their website: http://publichealth.ro/