Damiano Receives Underserved Champion Award

September 21, 2018

Dr. Peter Damiano was presented with the 2018 Underserved Champion Award by the Iowa Primary Care Association (Iowa PCA), which acknowledges commitment to providing access to quality, affordable health care for all Iowans.

The award recognizes Damiano's ongoing impact on the Iowa health care system, specifically regarding increased access to quality, affordable health care for all Iowans. Damiano has authored more than 200 journal articles and research monographs and has been a principal investigator on more than 75 funded research studies. his primary research focus is studying access to and the quality of primary care services, particularly dental care.

The Iowa PCA is a non-profit membership association comprised of state Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), also known as community health centers, in serving Iowans.

The award was presented on October 3 at the Iowa PCA's annual conference.

Previous year’s champions have included the following:

2017 Iowa Legal Aid
2016 University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics
2015 Joe Bolkom, State Senator
2014 Amanda Ragan, State Senator and Linda Upmeyer, State Representative
2013 Iowa Prescription Drug Corporation
2012 Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation
2011 Jennifer Vermeer, Director, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise
2010 Bruce Braley, U.S. Congressman
2009 Chris Atchison, University of Iowa
2008 Ro Foege, State Representative
2007 Dave Heaton, State Representative and Jim Leach, U.S. Congressman
2006 Jack Hatch, State Senator
2005 Dr. Bery Engebretsen, Executive Director, Primary Health Care, Inc.
2004 Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator