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At the University of Iowa College of Public Health, we understand that our work is very place based; it happens out in the "real world" where people live and work. We also recognize the mutual benefits that might come about through collaborative relationships with communities and businesses around the state. We invite you to keep in touch with us through these quarterly messages and through our initiatives around the state.
- Sue Curry, Dean |
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 BLN Community Grant Awards
The UI College of Public Health Business Leadership Network awarded seven grants through the Community Grants Project. The following organizations received cash grant awards of $3,000:
- Athletics for Education and Success, Fort Dodge
- Carry on Bags, Fairfield
- Fort Dodge Senior High School, Fort Dodge
- Main Street Ottumwa, Ottumwa
- Rathbun Lake Area YMCA, Centerville
- United Way of Wapello County, Ottumwa
- Van Buren County Hospital - Healthy Villages, Keosauqua
Read more about the grant recipients and the Community Grants Project. |
BLN Fall Community Forums
This fall, the Business Leadership Network held a community forum in Mason City. University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld, along with faculty and staff from the College of Public Health, attended and participated in the event. A summary report of this event as well as previous community forums can be found on the BLN website.
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BLN Video
Learn more about the Business Leadership Network through this video of our recent forum in Mason City and visit to the worksite of BLN Steering Committee Member Gerald Edgar at Mitas Tires in Charles City.
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The College of Public Health in the News
Expanded Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest supports employers' health and safety efforts
The University of Iowa recently received funding to launch and expand the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest, a new regional resource to help employers promote safety and health in the workplace.
UI receives CDC grant to study Zika virus, microcephaly
UI epidemiology professor Paul Romitti and pediatrics professor Daniel Bonthius will spearhead a $1 million, five-year grant from the CDC to study the Zika virus and microcephaly in fetuses. "The grant is to conduct public health surveillance for microcephaly and other conditions that may be related to maternal Zika virus infection during pregnancy," Romitti said.
Fluharty discusses the future of jobs, rural communities
At the inaugural Iowa Rural Development Summit held recently, Chuck Fluharty, president and CEO of the Rural Policy Research Institute at the UI, noted that in the next generation, jobs are going to come to the people instead of vice versa. He added that rural America should be ready to capitalize on the shift.
Stricter policies on lighting could reduce farm vehicle traffic accidents by more than half
UI College of Public Health researchers found that Midwestern traffic accidents involving farm vehicles would drop by more than 50 percent if state policies required more lighting and reflectors on the equipment.
Toolkit supports moves toward healthy options at school concession stands
A free toolkit available from the University of Iowa's Prevention Research Center provides practical assistance to help youth concession stands add healthy options to the menu - and maintain profits.
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