CPH doctoral student Kayla Faust is working to reduce farm injuries and fatalities through the use of a specialized driving simulation. As an undergraduate student, Faust began working with the university’s National Advanced Driving Simulator as a research assistant. “While studying at the driving simulator, I realized the safety benefits of simulated driving research could be extended to farm equipment such as tractors,” she says. (Daily Iowan)
Each year the UI Master of Health Administration program sends a team to Ohio State University to compete in a first-year case competition. This year the program had the pleasure of sending two Iowa teams, each equipped with a second-year coach and a shared observer. Both teams had outstanding performances, and team #9 advanced from the initial 24 teams into the final six.
Number Course Title Semester Hours Semester Offered OEH:4240 Global Environmental Health 3 Fall, Spring (web) OEH:4260 Global Water and Health 3 Spring, even OEH:4310 Occupational Ergonomics: Principles 3 Fall OEH:4510 Injury and Violence Prevention 3 Fall OEH:4530 Global Road Safety 3 Spring OEH:4540 Statistics for Experimenters 3 Fall OEH:5010 OEH Seminar 0,1 Fall, Spring OEH:5410 […]
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences is offering a number of free workshops during the summer. Upcoming courses include PubMed, Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review, Literature Searching for a Systematic Review, Advanced EndNote, and more. Pre-registration and more details are available online.
The University of Iowa awarded wellness innovator Martín-José Sepúlveda, MD, FACP, an Honorary Doctor of Science degree during the spring 2017 commencement exercises. Over a three-decade career with IBM, Sepúlveda has become one of the leading innovators in the development of employee health and wellness programs in the U.S. private sector. After completing a fellowship […]
Yan Zhang, a PhD candidate in epidemiology, has received the Graduate College Summer Fellowship and the Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship.
Obermann Center Working Groups provide space, structure, and discretionary funding for groups of faculty and advanced graduate students with a shared intellectual interest. Groups have used this opportunity to explore new work and to share their own research, to organize a symposium, and to develop grant proposals. The application deadline is April 11, 2017.
Academic Policies Table of Contents Registration Policies Student Academic Misconduct Academic Advising First-year students directly admitted to the College of Public Health major are advised by undergraduate program staff at the College of Public Health. First-year College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) public health interest students are advised at the University’s Academic Advising Center. […]