UI alumnus Roby Miller developed a business, TelePharm, that serves those in rural communities who need medications but who do not have access to a pharmacist due to the trend of more pharmacies in small rural communities closing.
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The Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis has been awarded two new cooperative agreements by the Office of Rural Health Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Story
The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) has received a $4.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure the safety of people in Iowa and the Midwest will continue for at least five more years. Story
UI health policy expert Keith Mueller offers his take on the Affordable Care Act and whether the health care reform legislation will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Story
The University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, based in the College of Public Health, was awarded a five-year $7.9 million grant to help support research of rural health issues.
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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded the University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center a five-year, $7.9 million grant to continue investigating environmental health effects arising from rural and agricultural exposures and serving as a primary environmental health resource.
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