Faculty

Kaskie has front-row seat to health care reform debate

College of Public Health professor Brian Kaskie has a unique vantage of the U.S. Senate's health care reform debate, spending the year in Washington, D.C., working as a fellow on the staff of the Special Subcommittee on Aging.

UI’s Patterson chosen for national HR professional development program

Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Shamika Patterson, human resources coordinator at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, is one of six participants selected for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) 2017–18 Wildfire program.

Peek-Asa, Janssen talk about how to stay safe while having summer fun

Faculty members Corinne Peek-Asa and Brandi Janssen of the College of Public Health talk about how to stay safe and avoid injury while having summer fun.

Mueller discusses Medicaid cut impacts on rural hospitals

Proposed Medicaid cuts would make things harder for Iowa’s rural hospitals and could jeopardize access to health care for rural residents, says Keith Mueller, UI College of Public Health interim dean.

Robinson comments on helping reduce the number of women with cardiovascular disease

Jennifer Robinson, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, says that to successfully improve risk-factor control for women suffering from cardiovascular disease, awareness efforts must be coupled with quality clinician education and implementation programs.

Hamann discusses bicycle fatalities and public policy

In this podcast, Cara Hamann, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, discusses her research into the increasing number of bicycle fatalities in Iowa and how public policy can help make roads safer for bicyclists.

Public Health student Mobley receives national public health honor

Monday, July 3, 2017
College of Public Health doctoral student Erin Mobley was one of four students nationally selected by AcademyHealth to receive the Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship in recognition of her commitment to the field of health services research or health policy and potential to contribute to health services research or health policy in the future.
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Former US Poet Laureate reflects on his writing and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Monday, July 3, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera says his time at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop was a pivotal bridge between his writing as a young activist in the Chicano Movement and his writing as a poet laureate.
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University of Iowa seeks volunteers for State Fair booth

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The University of Iowa’s State Fair Working Group seeks volunteers for the UI booth at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 10–20 in Des Moines. Each volunteer receives fair admission, a parking pass, and a University of Iowa T-shirt.
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Iowa Geological Survey ‘rock library’ full of stories

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The Iowa Geological Survey’s “rock library,” housed at the University of Iowa Research Park, holds 40,000 rock samples from drilling sites across the state. Other holdings include geodes (the state stone) and fossilized remnants of Iowa’s prehistoric sea.

E. Dale Abel to deliver 2018 Presidential Lecture

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
E. Dale Abel, chair and DEO of the Department of Internal Medicine in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, will deliver the University of Iowa’s 35th annual Presidential Lecture on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018.
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University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital ranks in six specialties on latest ‘U.S. News & World Report’ list

Tuesday, June 27, 2017
“U.S. News & World Report” has ranked University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in six specialties in the 2017–18 Best Children’s Hospitals list: No. 20 in neonatology, No. 21 in nephrology, No. 34 in cancer, No. 36 in urology, No. 45 in pulmonology, and No. 48 in cardiology/heart surgery.