Environmental Health Sciences Research Center

Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Meat Packing Plant Workers: A Case study of a Precarious Workforce
2020-12-02 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)
The College of Public Health’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture will take place on December 2, 2020, from 12:30-1:30 P.M. This year’s lecture will be given by EHSRC member, Dr. Fred Gerr, and will provide an overview of historical and current occupational injury and illnesses among meat packing plant workers.
Dr. Gerr has served as a professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health for the last 18 years. He has been the director of both the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health and the Occupational Medicine Residency Training Program in CPH for many years. He has taught Occupational Health Practice, Occupational Medicine, and Interpreting Occupational Health Research. His research focuses on occupational and environmental risk factors for neurological impairment and musculoskeletal disorders. He has made significant contributions in the specialty of occupational and environmental medicine.
2020 CPH Distinguished Faculty Lecture | December 2 at 12:30 P.M.
Join via Zoom (https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/93121351181)

Pilot Grant Deadline- Communicate with facility directors and budget
2021-02-01
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Pilot Grant Deadline- Proposal Submission
2021-02-15
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Webinar - Bridging the Gap: Linking Analytical Chemistry to Biological Effects
2021-06-03 09:00 - 10:00
Join Associate Editor Susan Richardson and EHSRC Member Greg LeFevre as they host the upcoming webinar ‘Bridging the Gap: Linking Analytical Chemistry to Biological Effects‘ on Thursday, June 3 at 9:00 central time. Register now: http://acspubs.co/Xv1w50EMKsu

Science Cafe: "Deaths of Despair; and What is Happening to America's Health" - Dr. Bob Wallace
2022-04-19 19:00 - 20:00 | zoom

Science Cafe: "Bone Health and Osteoporoses" - Dr. Amal Shibli-Rahhal
2022-05-05 17:00 - 18:00 | zoom

Science Cafe: Dr. Matt Nonnenmann
2022-05-11 17:00 - 18:00

Zoom seminar Disaster Preparedness and Response: Opportunities for a Community Engaged Approach
2023-04-21 11:00 - 12:00
Friday April 21, 2023, 11 am -12 pm central time
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91248514871

Panelists
Sato Ashida, PhD, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa
Jennifer Horney, PhD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology, University of Delaware
Jason Taylor, Executive Director of Bur Oak Land Trust
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91248514871

This event is part of our Toxicology Research seminar series

Workshop: Enhancing Your Research with Equitable Community Engagement
2023-07-26 10:30 - 13:00
Sign up here: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EIYnOHAF2Wt75Y

Science Cafe "Becoming a Brain Detective: An inside look at brain disease"
2024-02-22 17:00 - 18:00

Training: Enhancing Your Research with Equitable Community Engagement
2024-06-26 08:30 - 13:00 | University of Iowa College of Public Health, 145 N. Riverside Dr., Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
The Community Engagement Cores of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center and Iowa Superfund Research Program are hosting the training that is open to all UI researchers, including students. This interactive workshop will provide participants with information, activities, and examples of community-engaged research projects. It will be held Weds June 26th in CPHB, main program is from 9:30-1 with an optional “foundations breakfast” at 8:30. The event is free, and breakfast and lunch are provided.
*we have reached capacity for this event and are no longer accepting sign ups*
Space is limited, Register by June 14th at this link: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6J5LJojcIRgSVfw

Science Cafe
2024-10-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Fuel Cafe in Mt. Vernon

Workshop: Enhancing Your Research with Community Engagement
2025-06-25 09:00 - 14:00
The Community Engagement Cores of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center and Iowa Superfund Research Program are hosting the training that is open to all UI researchers, including students. This interactive workshop will provide participants with information, activities, and lightning talks from several researchers around the University of Iowa.
Sign up here (by June 13th): https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hy0f97tDmmVEQS
