Kaci Ginn is this week's guest. She's currently an undergrad public health student at the University of Iowa who is also working at a county public health department helping to navigate the COVID19 pandemic.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/from-the-front-row-public-health-undergraduate-kaci-ginn-is-helping-her-community-navigate-covid-19/ 

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The Real World: public health undergrad Kaci Ginn is helping her home town navigate COVID19

Summers off? No way. Not of you're a public health student. Join host Lexi Fahrion as she talks with 4 current UI College of Public Health students about their summer internships and work experiences, what they've learned, and how these experiences will help them in the classroom and in their future plans.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/from-the-front-row-talking-student-internships-and-summer-work-experience/

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A Different Kind of Summer School: talking student internships and summer work experience

This week, we welcome 5 new members to our student podcasting crew and get to know a little bit about them and their interests in public health; Adriana Kotchkoski, Lauren Lavin, Rasika Mukkamala, Garrett Naughton, and Amy Wu.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/from-the-front-row-meet-the-new-podcast-crew-members/

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New Voices: get to know the newest members of our student podcasting crew

This week, Lauren welcomes UI College of Public Health alumnus and recipient of the college's 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award, Dr. Vijay Golla. They discuss his journey into public health that began with his medical training in India, where he became interested in preventive medicine and social medicine. This led him to pursue a Ph.D. in industrial hygiene at the University of Iowa, where he focused his dissertation on assessing pesticide levels and related doses among farm families in Iowa.

After graduating, Dr. Golla returned to Western Kentucky University, where he obtained a training grant to support undergraduate and graduate students in environmental health sciences. In his current role as Vice Provost for Research and Health Sciences at Texas A&M, Dr. Golla has been able to significantly increase research funding and expand the university's health science initiatives, which he sees as a critical part of public health's future focus on disease prevention.

Dr. Golla emphasizes the importance of field experience, networking, and staying research-active for current public health students and young professionals. He is excited about public health's growing influence and its potential to play a pivotal role in providing personalized preventive healthcare recommendations, much like a vehicle's diagnostic system.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/plugged-in-to-public-health-a-conversation-with-dr-vijay-golla/

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Diagnostics and Data: How Dr. Vijay Golla is Redefining Public Health Strategy

Lauren welcomes Gulrukh Mehboob for a discussion about the impacts of relaxed staff training and licensing requirements on nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gul is a Fulbright PhD scholar at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, studying health workforce policy, particularly in long-term care settings.

•	Between March 2020 and September 2021, 19 states reduced CNA training and licensing requirements in an effort to address staffing shortages in nursing homes.
•	Gulrukh's study found that these policy changes did not improve CNA staffing levels in nursing homes, even though some scholars had argued that strict training and licensing requirements were a barrier to entering the field.
•	Gulrukh suggests that improving wages, benefits, and working conditions for CNAs may be more effective than reducing training and licensing requirements for addressing staffing shortages in nursing homes.
•	Her future research will explore the impact of other workforce policies, such as incentive-based programs and wage increases, on staffing and quality of care in nursing homes.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/plugged-in-to-public-health-the-impacts-of-relaxed-staff-training-and-licensing-requirements-on-nursing-homes/

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Examining the impacts of relaxed staff training and licensing requirements on nursing homes

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