Faculty Facts
This faculty member can juggle while standing on one foot.
Who is Nathan Fethke?
This major business was recently acquired by the University of Iowa.
What is Mercy Hospital?
This actor is best known for his role in That 70s Show and married his co-star.
Who is Ashton Kutcher?
"This course provides a thorough review of the scientific methods to assess human chemical exposures in inhalation, dermal absorption, and ingestion."
What is Methods in Exposure Science?
This magical number is the number of centers that are housed in OEH.
What is 8?
This faculty member that was the head of the OEH department for 13 years has lived in The Netherlands.
Who is Peter S. Thorne?
The Nancy Lieberman Top 10 Watchlist recently added this player to the list.
Who is Caitlin Clark?
This actor is most famous for his role as Nick Miller in the TV series New Girl.
Who is Jake Johnson?
This course has sections that include: work physiology, physical risk factors, exposure assessment by observation, and evaluation of engineering controls.
What is Occupational Ergonomics: Principles?
This faculty member just had this article in the Gazette talking about their recent study titled: "What are women farmers most stressed about? A UI study found out."
Who is Jonathan Davis?
This associate professor in OEH, was named the recipient of the College of Public Health New Faculty Research Award January 2023.
Who is Jong Sung Kim?
Herky the Hawk was first introduced this year.
What is 1948?
This alumni was the governor of Iowa and was the longest tenured governor in the United States.
Who is Terry Branstad?
This course is a requirement for all students regardless of degree program and states that information from this course is used "to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already development."
What is Epidemiology 1: Principles?
The Medication Empowerment and Deprescribing for Safety (MEDS) Fall Prevention Study is co-led by Kennelty and this professor
Who is Carri Casteel?
This faculty member has affiliations with the University of Iowa's Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance Consortium.
Who is Kelly Baker?
UI Hospitals and Clinics completed this milestone amount of robot-assisted surgeries by the end of 2023.
*number in the thousands*
What is 10,000?
This alumni directed the movie Big Hero 6.
Who is Don Hall?
Under the course description for this course it states: "Specific applications in industrial and other occupational settings are presented, and interactions with other disciplines are emphasized."
What is Occupational Safety?
This center recently sent out an Environmental Health Needs Assessment survey to all students that focuses on environmental health, which relates to the relationships between people, their health, and the environment.
What is The Environmental Health Sciences Research Center?
*Survey closes on March 15th. Go take it!*
This faculty member was working for the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy on drug delivery systems when, during lunch one day, they met Dr. Larry Robertson, director of Kentucky’s Superfund Research Center and changed their career path to the world of environmental contaminants.
Who is Hans-Joachim Lehmler?
This person was recently announced as the "Realest Person on Earth" after winning a global competition on the social media platform BeReal by posting a photo while receiving a checkup at UI Student Health.
Who is Alexander Fenton?
This alumni was the first woman appointed as a federal judge.
Who is Juanita Kidd Stout?
This course is a core course for some degrees in OEH and may be taken as an elective for others. This course wants students to understand the challenges they may face in "community health, air and water quality, global climate change, risk perception and communication, injury control, occupational health, food safety, disaster response, and sustainability."
What is Global Environmental Health?
This faculty member was recently asked about opinions on employers taking measures to safeguard workers from cold weather's workplace hazards this past January.
Who is Diane Rohlman?