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Dr. Lisa Bowleg has been selected as a keynote speaker for the 2022 Science of Health Equity Summit, where she will give a talk, titled: “Towards Critical Health Equity: Getting Critical About Theory, Methods, and Praxis to Advance Health Equity for All, Not Just the Privileged Some”
To learn more or register for the webinar visit: https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/heal-summit-to-highlight-health-equity-in-practice/

Congratulations to Frances Mallari for successfully defending her dissertation, "Everyone else is having fun except me: Investigating the effect of Emotional Pluralistic Ignorance on loneliness."


A special thanks to her committee, Drs. Tonya Dodge, Cindy Rohrbeck, Sherry Molock, Kate Degnan, and Sharon Lambert (chair), for their efforts, support, and constructive feedback!

Please join us in congratulating soon-to-be-Dr. Mimi Tekeste on successfully defending her dissertation today, which is titled: Ethiopian Immigrants in the US: The Implications of Perceived Public Mental Illness Stigma and Mistrust of Mental Health Providers for Mental Health Help-Seeking Intentions. Excellent work, Mimi!

A special thanks to her committee, Drs. Maria Cecilia Zea, Christina Gee, Tamara Taggart, and Noemi Enchautegui de Jesus for the support and mentorship they have given Mimi throughout the process!
And thank you to Dr. Ganiban for chairing the defense.