Univ of Iowa College of Public Health  

Iowa City,  IA 
United States
https://cph.uiowa.edu

• Booth: 1834

Welcome to the University of Iowa College of Public Health!

The University of Iowa College of Public Health (CPH) is part of a major research university and serves as a comprehensive public health resource for the state of Iowa, the Midwest region, and the nation. The college offers training leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees as well as combined degree options. A wide array of programs allows students to pursue a degree that suits their strengths and interests.

The College of Public Health is a national leader in its multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to addressing public health challenges and training the next generation of public health leaders, educators, and researchers.

• Iowa is ranked among the nation’s top 20 public health schools and programs by U.S. News and World Report. The college’s Master of Health Administration program is ranked No. 8 among health care management programs nationwide.

• The college is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and is Iowa’s only accredited school of public health.

• CPH faculty are recognized by their peers as leading scholars and experts in their disciplines. Faculty are members and fellows in many organizations, including the National Academy of Medicine, American College of Healthcare Executives, and American Statistical Association.

• The CPH offers a world-class education with a personal touch, including small class sizes, hands-on learning experiences, active student organizations, and a commitment to inter- professional education.

• The CPH offers academic excellence at an affordable price. A variety of financial assistance, in the form of fellowships, scholarships, traineeships, and teaching and research assistantships, is available.

• The University of Iowa is named a “Best Buy” in the 2021 Fiske Guide to Colleges—one of only 10 public universities on the list.

Interested in attending the University of Iowa College of Public Health? A representative from our student services department will be available online to answer your questions during the dates and times indicated below.

Monday, October 25, 3:00pm to 4pm (central) 

Zoom link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/99368644146?pwd=c1lXU1ZoR095bnBJcUxVbkd1NWF4Zz09

Tuesday, October 26, 10:00am to 11:00am (central) 

Zoom link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95467075662?pwd=NVlHYmJQZ05lSnIvNC9YS242QnZzUT09

OPEN FACULTY POSITION

Open-rank tenure-track position in Health Management and Policy. For a full position description and information on how to apply, visit https://jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view/74294

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• UI to promote COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Iowa’s small and mid-sized communities (Jul 27, 2021)

  While nearly half of all Iowans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, demand for the vaccine has slowed, particularly in less densely populated regions of the state. That’s a trend researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health are aiming to reverse through a new federal grant to promote vaccine uptake in small and mid-sized communities across Iowa.

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant will support the University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (PRC-RH), Iowa Public Health Association, and the statewide Iowa Immunizes Coalition as they team up with Iowa’s 17 micropolitan communities — localities with populations between 10,000 and 49,999 people — as well as public health leaders, community based organizations, health providers, and other community leaders to promote COVID-19 vaccine uptake among residents in these communities.

  The year-long project will involve three phases: first, collecting data to understand who is not getting vaccinated and why; second, pilot testing interventions and strategies that have been shown to be effective; and third, disseminating successful interventions and strategies across the state.

  “The PRC-RH and its partners will take best practices grounded in science, and through community input, will adapt these strategies to the needs and context of Iowa communities,” says project lead Natoshia Askelson, assistant professor of community and behavioral health and research fellow at the UI Public Policy Center. “We hope that through these partnerships, more Iowans will be able to find the resources necessary to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine and to increase community member confidence in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.”

• New UI center will address trauma and resiliency in Native American children and families (Oct 05, 2021)

  University of Iowa researchers have been awarded a $3 million grant over five years by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to establish and support a new center, the National American Indian and Alaska Native Trauma and Service Adaptation Center (TSA). The goals of the TSA are to increase the national infrastructure and workforce capacity to prevent, reduce, and treat trauma as well as to increase wellness and resilience among American Indian and Alaska Native children, adolescents, and their families. 

  The TSA will be housed within the Native Center for Behavioral Health, which is a research center in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the University of Iowa College of Public Health committed to developing programs to support the behavioral health workforce in Native American and Alaska Native communities across the country.

  Many American Indian and Alaska Native (AI & AN) children experience traumas resulting from abuse, neglect, and household stressors, and are additionally affected by racism, poverty, and the legacy of historical oppression and trauma. The workforce in the K–12 school system and the child- and youth-serving systems such as child welfare and juvenile justice is often unprepared to effectively address trauma in Native populations disproportionately represented in these systems.

  The TSA will partner with management consulting and IT services firm JBS International and other experts to provide education, training and technical assistance, webinars, podcasts, peer-to-peer learning communities, youth leadership academies, and more to 2500 individuals annually.

  “Importantly, our efforts will not endorse the inevitability of adverse outcomes,” says Anne Helene Skinstad, director of the Native Center for Behavioral Health and the program director for the new center. “The center will prioritize identification and dissemination of programs and approaches that seize the opportunities presented in early childhood and adolescence as an optimal time for prevention and intervention to mitigate trauma and promote resilience.”

  Co-director of the new center will be Teresa Brewington, MBA, MEd, member of the Coharie Tribe and descendent from the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. 

  The TSA also will fill trauma-related workforce gaps identified through a survey of the Native and non-Native workforce serving AI & AN children, adolescents, and families. These areas include trauma-informed education to help students and staff understand why these families tend to struggle and give up more often than other groups; concrete, practical, and actionable strategies to help children survive and thrive; and how to integrate services into Native cultures.

  More information about the Native Center for Behavioral Health and its work is available at https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ncbh/.

• Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest awarded renewed funding (Oct 05, 2021)

  The Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest, based at the University of Iowa, has received renewed funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to continue researching the evolving connections between work and health. The federal grant is expected to total more than $6 million over five years.

  Directed by Diane Rohlman, professor of occupational and environmental health in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, the center focuses not only on changes at the individual worker level, but also policies and programs to change work climate and culture. The Healthier Workforce Center addresses emerging issues and high-risk, high-need populations in employers of all sizes in the predominately rural Federal Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri). It is one of 10 NIOSH-funded Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health. The Total Worker Health® approach collectively addresses workplace hazards to create a safer and healthier workplace and reduces the impact of injury and illness on businesses and communities. 

  “We are particularly excited that the Healthier Workforce Center has expanded its regional presence by partnering with researchers and practitioners to address the needs of employers and workers in our region,” says Rohlman.

  The center is a regional collaboration among the University of Iowa, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Kansas Medical Center, WorkWell Kansas, and two NIOSH Total Worker Health Affiliates: the Nebraska Safety Council and the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition.

  The center has several research projects. One project, led by Beth Livingston, assistant professor in the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, will develop and implement a training for supervisors to promote well-being among remote workers. Two projects are based at Washington University in St. Louis to address opioid use (Professor Ann Marie Dale) and mental health and suicide prevention (Professor Brad Evanoff) in the construction industry. The final project, led by Jessica Williams, associate professor at Penn State University, will examine organizational factors that impact the adoption of health and safety practices in rural nursing homes in the region. Additionally, Nate Fethke, associate professor at the University of Iowa, leads a pilot project program to address emerging workplace issues.

  Best practices in Total Worker Health, including findings from the center’s research, are disseminated by the Center Outreach Core directed by Shelly Campo, University of Iowa associate professor and associate dean. Through strategic collaborations with partners in the region, the center will continue to develop free resources to aid employers in improving worker well-being.

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