Title(s): Dean, Professor, Community and Behavioral Health, Director, Prevention Research Center for Rural Health, Professor, Public Policy Center, Office of the Vice President for Research
Department: Community and Behavioral Health
Office: S153A CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-1503

Dr. Parker serves as the Dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health and Directs the UI Prevention Research Center for Rural Health. Dr. Parker’s research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of community health promotion interventions to improve health status and reduce racial disparities in health, as well as translating and disseminating research findings for program and policy change. She is also considered an expert on community-based participatory research. She previously served as the head of the Department of Community and Behavioral Health.