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
Background
Affiliations
In the News
- UI College of Public Health receives funding to expand maternal and child health curriculum
- Spotlight on faculty-student research collaborations at Iowa is Oct. 4
- Story receives Associate Professor Advancement Award
- Story honored with APHA Mid-Career Award in International Health
- Story receives Fogarty funding to study intimate partner violence in India
- UI project awarded funds to study HIV/AIDS stigma in Western Kenya
- Story, Afifi connecting refugees in Eastern Iowa with mental well-being support
- CPH to establish Maternal and Child Health training program
- Borders, Barriers, and Birth Outcomes
- Story co-leads study on intimate partner violence in India
- Video: Reducing intimate partner violence in India
- Will Story, Congolese Health Partnership honored with award
- Story, Golinghorst honored with awards at Finkbine Dinner
- CPH researchers contribute to case studies of NGO health programs
- UI, Congolese community create partnership to improve health outcomes
- Learn about health care in the DR Congo on Feb. 2
- Study examines how water access and sanitation affect birth outcomes
- Study looks at impact of water, sanitation, and social conditions on birth outcomes in India
- Crowdfunding for Health Care
- Video: Story’s work, CPH global health initiatives featured
- Study looks at role of social connections, socioeconomic inequalities in child nutrition in rural India
- Study looks at men’s roles in obstetric emergencies in Ghana
- Story to speak on crowdfunding and refugee health project April 24
- CPH researcher Will Story funds project via crowdfunding effort
- Study looks at HIV services, faith-based health facilities in Kenya
- UI researcher finalist in challenge to improve maternal, newborn health
- Story writes about global need for maternal, newborn care