Join Scott Fowler, manager of Global Occupational Safety at Deere & Co. and Executive-in-Residence with the Iowa Institute of Public Health Research and Policy, for an interactive student seminar on “Career Readiness – Expectations of Topnotch Employers.” The presentation will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 12:30 to 1:30 p,.m. in S030. Lunch will be provided; please RSVP in advance.
All health sciences faculty are invited to a special seminar hosted by the College of Pharmacy, “Current Issues Surrounding the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic,” presented by Kimberly Burns, RPh, JD. The talk will take place Monday, Aug. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. in S538 PHAR.
This July, creative thinkers from around the world will gather in Washington, D.C., to pitch their ideas for a chance to secure funding that will take their innovations to the next level. While it may sound like an episode of Shark Tank, the event, called the DevelopmentXChange, is dedicated to finding innovative ideas that address a pressing global health challenge: maternal and newborn mortality. Will Story, assistant professor of community and behavioral health at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, is among the participants invited to the DevelopmentXChange July 26-28.
Alumna Tala Al-Rousan (MPH ’15) uses her public health training to understand and address the health needs of Syrian refugees and other vulnerable populations around the globe.
A PhD in public health is the highest academic degree in the field. Unlike practice-oriented degrees like the Master of Public Health, PhD programs focus on research, theory development, and scientific discovery. Students are trained to examine complex health issues at the population level and develop evidence-based solutions. The overarching goal of a College of […]
Students from the Iowa Summer Institute in Biostatistics pose in front of the Iowa Advanced Research Laboratories.
Tom Miller, PhD ’07 Director of Health Policy Research, American Society of Anesthesiologists After more than 20 years in the health care industry, I applied for and was accepted in the Health Services and Policy PhD program in the Department of Health Management and Policy in the College of Public Health (CPH). I was not […]
Alumnus Christopher Klitgaard (MHA ’99) , CEO of MediRevv in Coralville, Iowa, was named a winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Upper Midwest at a black-tie gala June 10, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis.
In conjunction with the University of Iowa’s food-themed semester, join the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, the UI Provost’s Office, the Office of Sustainability, and the College of Public Health’s Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health to explore the meaning, impact, and influence of food in the world around us during the April 17-18 “Food for Thought” symposium.
What Is Public Health? Public Health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention. Public health helps improve the health and well-being of people in local communities and around the globe and works to prevent health problems […]
