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The Iowa Public Health Conference held April 3-7 in Ames drew
representatives in the environmental and public health disciplines from
across the state, including many sections within UHL. The Iowa Public
Health Association (IPHA) and Iowa Environmental Health Association
(IEHA) coordinated the event that is sponsored in part by UHL, the
University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Iowa Department of
Public Health.
Colleen Bornmueller (left) from the Family Planning Council of Iowa,
Sandy Jirsa, UHL, and Karen Thompson, Iowa Department of Public Health.
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Pam Mollenhauer, UHL program associate, was voted as the
president-elect for the IEHA during the meeting. Beth Hochstedler, UHL
training and outreach coordinator, is the outgoing president of IPHA.
The conference featured a series of concurrent speakers, including
Dr. Mike Pentella, interim associate director infectious disease, and
Dr. Lucy Des Jardin, program manager molecular biology, whose
interactive presentation was titled "The Public Health Laboratory:
Today and Tomorrow." Mike also contributed to the presentation of
"Terrorism Preparedness and the Real World," along with Bonnie Rubin,
emergency preparedness and emergency response coordinator, and Dr. Mike
Wichman, interim associate director environmental health.
The posters below were displayed during the conference and feature
UHL work in the areas of metals exposure, newborn screening, workforce
planning, tuberculosis, mumps and disease control. To see these poster
full size, click on the image and increase the percentage viewed in the
PDF tool bar.
 
 
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