Health News
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
Megan Ronnenberg, a doctoral student in Social Work, will work on her project, Childcare Hardship in Iowa, as a summer scholar.
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Edith Parker, senior faculty affiliate in the Health Policy Research Program, was selected for the Big Ten's recently formed task force for emerging infectious diseases.
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
The Patient-Centered Dental Home project, led by Julie Reynolds, Peter Damiano, and Susan McKernan, has received $115,000 in additional funding by the DentaQuest Partnership. 
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Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Researchers at the UI Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network center contributed to a supplemental issue of Preventive Medicine highlighting disparities in cancer prevention and control.
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
Several Public Policy Center (PPC) staff and faculty members were recognized for longevity of service at a recent PPC meeting. The awardees are pictured below. Others who were awarded but not in attendance include:
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies has awarded an interdisciplinary research grant to Aislinn Conrad, Tessa Heeren, and Susan McKernan for the summer of 2020.
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Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Sandra Daack-Hirsch, associate professor in the College of Nursing, researcher in the PPC Health Policy Research Program, and Faculty Senate president, was awarded the 2019 Michael Brody Award for Service.
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
The Public Policy Center (PPC), along with the University of Iowa College of Law, co-sponsored a discussion with US Senator Tom Udall from New Mexico on October 1.
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
Peter Damiano, director of the Public Policy Center and its Health Policy Research program, spoke at the Iowa Ideas symposium in Cedar Rapids on October 3, on the topic of privately managed Medicaid in Iowa. Iowa's Medicaid system has transitioned to a managed care organization, Iowa Medicaid Enterprises.
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Friday, September 20th, 2019
Natoshia Askelson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health, UI College of Public Health and Researcher in the PPC's Health Policy Research Program, recently published a blog on AcademyHealth's website on an evaluation of Iowa's Healthy Behavior Program (HBP) 1115&nb