Health Management and Policy alumna Adaeze Enekwechi (07PhD) has been named president of IMPAQ, the parent organization of three companies: IMPAQ International, a public policy research and analytics firm; Maher & Maher, a learning solutions provider; and ASCEND, a technology and information product company. As president, Enekwechi will oversee all program areas of IMPAQ’s companies.
Bernard J. Tyson, MBA Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals “Getting to Equity in Health Care: Lessons from Kaiser Permanente”Hansen Distinguished Lecture Lecture Video Bernard Tyson Lecture: “Getting to Equity in Health Care: Lessons from Kaiser Permanente” Bernard J. Tyson is the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, […]
Attend a brown-bag lunch workshop on the nuts and bolts of creating and using MOUs (memoranda of understanding). The workshop, which will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, will be led by Vickie Miene, interim director of the Institute of Public Health Research and Policy at the UI College of Public Health.
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On Wednesday, the 2018 Iowa Public Health Heroes Awards were awarded to Arlinda McKeen, recently retired from a 25-year career with the State Public Policy Group; Patricia Quinlisk, who served as the medical director and state epidemiologist at the Iowa Department of Public Health for 24 years until her retirement earlier this year; and Kara Vogelson, organizational development and research manager at the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health.
Molecular and genetic epidemiology aims to improve health outcomes by quantifying biologic information and assessing its influence on health, interventions, services and programs.
The UI Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology is conducting a series of free workshops focusing on instructional technology tools starting the week of August 6. Topics include UICapture, Clickers, Zoom, Turnitin, Grades, and more. Register soon — classes will fill up quickly!
Tina Freese Decker (02MHA) has been appointed as Spectrum Health’s next president and chief executive officer by the Spectrum Health System Board of Directors. When she assumes her new responsibilities Sept. 1, 2018, she will lead a nonprofit health system comprising 12 hospitals, including Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, and 3,600 physicians and advanced practice providers, including 1,500 members of Spectrum Health Medical Group.
Alumnus Richard C. Breon (80MA) was named 2018 Business Person of the Year at the Economic Club of Grand Rapids’ 31st Annual Dinner on June 18. Breon is president and CEO of Spectrum Health, the largest integrated health system in West Michigan.
Kayla Faust, a student in the UI College of Public Health, is launching a study to see how farmers react while driving farm vehicles. The study uses the university’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) and the findings can help make rural roads safer. Photo by Tim Schoon.
