Disaster PrepWise program and AmeriCorps volunteers team up in Linn County

Linn County Public Health and the Linn County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) announced Tuesday the addition of two AmeriCorps members to enhance disaster preparedness efforts for older populations. Published July 3, 2025

Plugged in to Public Health: Culturally responsive breast cancer screening, treatment, and care

In this episode, Max Hansen welcomes Dr. Mikael Hartman from the National University of Singapore and Professor Cynthia Chou, a medical anthropologist from University of Iowa to discuss the Breast Cancer Prevention Program, a multifaceted research initiative aimed at improving breast cancer screening, care, and prevention in Southeast Asia. Published July 1, 2025

Iowa Cancer Registry to present on cancer in Johnson County

As part of the Cancer in Iowa: 99 Counties Project, the Iowa Cancer registry will host a public meeting on Monday, June 30 to present cancer data and insights specific to Johnson County.  Published June 26, 2025

Plugged in to Public Health: Changing stigma to support with the Empower Project

Dr. Nichole Nidey, assistant professor in the University of Iowa Department of Epidemiology, joins Lauren to talk about the Empower Project, a collaborative effort that aims to improve research and clinical care related to substance use during pregnancy. Published June 18, 2025

Meet our CPH staff: Dixie Ecklund

Dixie Ecklund, Associate Director of the Clinical Trials Statistical and Data Management Center at the UI College of Public Health, talks about her journey from early HIV research to her current role at the CTSDMC and how her work in clinical trials and public health is improving lives in Iowa and across the nation. Published June 18, 2025

Study: Gut microbiome composition, food insecurity linked to risk of cognitive impairment in adults

Shoshannah Eggers, assistant professor of epidemiology, is part of a research team that found a compelling link between the composition of the gut microbiome and the risk of cognitive impairment in adults, underscoring the complex role that both biology and social determinants—such as food insecurity—play in brain health. (EurekAlert!) Published June 18, 2025

Join the PRC-RH Journal Club Summer Series

The Prevention Research Center for Rural Health and the Implementation Science Center present the Journal Club Summer Series. Join us in person or via Zoom for "Exploring Implementation Science in Rural Settings." The next session is July 17. Published June 12, 2025

Enhance your digital accessibility training this summer

The University of Iowa has launched the Accessible Iowa initiative to ensure compliance with digital accessibility standards across our course content, websites, programs, systems, services, and activities by April 24, 2026. View a calendar of summer accessibility training opportunities and sign up for a course today! Published June 11, 2025

CPH students awarded scholarships for study abroad

Three undergraduate public health students have been awarded scholarships from UI International Programs to study or intern abroad. Published June 10, 2025

Plugged in to Public Health: Changing the global health paradigm

In this episode, Lauren talks with Dr. Shadi Saleh (01PhD in health management and policy), the founding director of the Global Health Institute at the American University of Beirut. Published June 10, 2025