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Network News & Notes - June 2025
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The Business Leadership Network (BLN) is just one of the ways that the University of Iowa College of Public Health connects with Iowans and Iowa communities to support improved health and wellbeing. Across the Hawkeye state, businesses are key contributors to community health and vitality, and the BLN aims to support this critical role through collaborative programming, information sharing, and building relationships. The College of Public Health and the BLN appreciate these opportunities to partner with individuals, businesses, and communities to enhance public health throughout Iowa. We invite you to keep in touch through these quarterly messages and by participating in BLN initiatives happening around the state. Information about current programming is available on our website.
Edith Parker, Dean
University of Iowa College of Public Health
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Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health received a grant to address mental health education, awareness, and support in the workplace through mental health newsletters, toolkits, adult Mental Health First Aid trainings, and community-based initiatives to reduce mental health stigma.
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The UI Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest is conducting a survey on challenges faced by employers in recruiting and retaining employees, as it relates to employee substance use, recovery, and mental health. Help inform policies and best practices in Iowa by sharing how your organization has been impacted.
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Podcast: This episode of Workplace Matters discusses musculoskeletal disorders, chronic health conditions which impact workers. Learn how the workplace can play a role in prevention and slowing progression of these conditions.
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A new training resource that addresses the unique safety and cultural concerns of farm families caring for a loved one with dementia is being developed by University of Iowa and University of Illinois Chicago researchers.
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College of Public Health in the News
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Employers are increasingly valuing the experience of older workers and are seeking strategies to keep them in the workforce. Brian Kaskie, UI professor of health management and policy, says it's important that employers look at the specific needs of senior workers and think creatively about recruiting and retaining them.
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A growing body of research shows human connection is key to health and well-being. “People do better when they’re connected,” says Paul Gilbert, UI associate professor of community and behavioral health. “In my specific research on alcohol recovery, people mention over and over that a spouse, a sponsor, or a key friend was instrumental.”
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A UI research study examining possible associations between maternal influenza vaccination and a host of major structural birth defects reaffirms the safety of the vaccination during early pregnancy. The study was led by Paul Romitti, UI professor of epidemiology, and director of the Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders.
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Shoshannah Eggers, UI assistant professor of epidemiology, is part of a research team that found a compelling link between the composition of the gut microbiome and the risk of cognitive impairment in adults, underscoring the complex role that both biology and social determinants—such as food insecurity—play in brain health.
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