William T. Story, PhD, MPH

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Portrait of Will Story

Title(s): Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Department: Community and Behavioral Health
Office: N426 CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-1514

Dr. Story has over 25 years of experience in global public health focused on sexual, reproductive, maternal, and child health in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the U.S. Midwest. He is an interdisciplinary scholar with training in health services research, sociology, health behavior, and epidemiology whose work broadly addresses household- and community-level factors that are critical to improving access to health care and reducing health inequities and translating that research into improvements in policy and practice. In his current research, Dr. Story leads multi-cultural teams of interdisciplinary scientists to address critical public health issues by employing mixed-method and implementation science approaches to design, implement, and evaluate social and behavior change interventions. His research has been funded by over 20 grants and subcontracts from multiple agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the John Templeton Foundation, the Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, and various international non-governmental organizations. In addition to external funding, Dr. Story’s scholarly work has been published in nationally recognized journals, such as BMJ Global Health, Health Education and Behavior, Health Policy and Planning, and Social Science and Medicine.

 

In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Story serves as the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health and the Director of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Public Health Catalyst Program in the College of Public Health. The MCH Public Health Catalyst Program is a federally-funded training program that aims to recruit and equip graduate students to enter the MCH public health workforce in Iowa and the rural Midwest.


Courses Taught

  • Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
  • Global Public Health
  • Maternal and Child Health Seminar
  • Foundations of Maternal and Child Health

Research Interests

  • Global health
  • Maternal and child health
  • Social determinants of health and health care utilization
  • Design, evaluation, and dissemination of community-based health interventions

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