As part of the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), the college hosted a panel on June 19 to give undergraduates a look at using policy and advocacy as tools to address public health problems.

The panelists included Bruce Teague, Iowa City councilor; Nancy Humbles, president of the Cedar Rapids Board of Education; Pam Jochum, Iowa State Senator, District 50; and Cara Hamann, associate with the Department of Epidemiology and IIPHRP Policy Fellow. Vickie Miene, interim director of the IIPHRP, served as the moderator.