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Network News & Notes - June 2023
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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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Join us at a community forum in Carroll to discuss resources for employers to implement in the workplace to keep their employees healthy and productive, addressing mental health and substance use, and nutrition education and diabetes prevention programs.
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Join the UI Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest, business leaders, community members, and experts for an online, interactive learning community on June 12th at 10am-12pm CST. Learn how your workplace can support employees in recovery from substance use.
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Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, IA received a grant to provide healthcare career camps to address a local shortage of workers by encouraging high school students to consider health-related careers. Camps will showcase careers in a hospital setting with a hands-on immersive experience.
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Could your business use an intern for a workplace health and wellness project? UI public health students can assist with short-term projects such as revising emergency preparedness plans, designing communications materials, implementing new programs, or developing health or safety policies.
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The Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest recently released a video on how to create a workplace that attracts and retains employees and how work culture, policies, and practices influence health and well-being and impacts recruitment and retention.
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The Iowa BEST (Behavioral, Equitable, Social-Emotional, Trauma-Informed Health in Schools) Summit will take place October 5-6, 2023 in Des Moines. The 2-day summit is free of charge for any Iowa PreK-12 educators, administrators, AEA staff, or community partners.
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College of Public Health in the News
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The UI College of Public Health is the No. 17 school/program of public health in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2024.
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UI researchers at the Clinical Trials Statistical and Data Management Center have developed a new technique that could help diagnose Parkinson’s disease before symptoms show.
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CPH professors Brandi Janssen and Peter Thorne recently commented on health effects of increasing droughts and heatwaves in Iowa.
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Whether you ride a traditional bicycle or opt for an electric bike, scooter, or skateboard, Cara Hamann, assistant professor of epidemiology, offers some safety reminders.
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Ryan Carnahan, professor of epidemiology, is among UI researchers who have developed a new algorithm that could help health care professionals more easily identify patients who are at risk of delirium.
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In an article about financial pressures facing rural hospitals, professors Keith Mueller and Whitney Zahnd commented on creative strategies some hospitals are using to stay afloat.
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