Title(s): Associate Professor
Department: Epidemiology
Office: S435 CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-1562
Courses Taught
- Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Genetics and Epidemiology
- Human Genetics and Public Health
Research Interests
- General interests: maternal and child health, genetics and metabolomics
- Specific interests: preterm birth and complications of prematurity
- Programmatic interests: Administrative data, newborn screening, prenatal screening and biobanks
Background
Affiliations
- Director of the Iowa Perinatal Health Research Collaborative
- Department of Pediatrics (secondary appointment)
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (secondary appointment)
In the News
- UI wins major federal grant to improve maternal health care
- Study looks at relationship between maternal depression, opioid use
- Iowa Perinatal Health Research Collaborative works to improve maternal and infant care
- Risk of preterm birth reliably predicted by blood tests
- Collaboration + Laboratory = Collaboratory
- UI research paper awarded the David Liu Prize
- Study finds high levels of lead in 1 in 5 Iowa newborns
- Six genes linked with preterm births
- UI external research funding sees uptick despite challenges
- Ryckman featured on UI research banners
- Researchers take a ‘collaboratory’ approach to public health concerns
- New Policy Fellows will boost public health research, policy
- Charlton, Hamann, Ryckman named IIPHRP Policy Fellows
- Ryckman to be next Public Health Ambassador
- Ryckman helps develop method to test for gestational age
- Researchers find triglycerides significantly elevated in women with GDM
- CPH researchers investigate gestational age, metabolic markers, and academic achievement
- Low Birth Weight Linked to Type 2 Diabetes in Women