Ryan Landi's Public Health Blog

Ryan is originally from Rockford, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Augustana College (Rock Island, IL) in 2009. He is a third year dual degree Master of Public Health (MPH) in Policy and Master of Health Administration (MHA) student. He has completed internships with TRICARE Management Activity in San Diego, CA and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) and is continuing to work on the University of Iowa’s Emergency Preparedness Plan with the State Hygienic Lab. The past couple years, Ryan has served as president of the environmental group, ECO Hawk, which he helped form with other College of Public Health (CPH) students in the fall of '09. He also served as the VP of Professional Development on the Iowa Student Association of Healthcare Leaders (ISAHL). As a GRA for the MPH program, Ryan will meet with prospective students and keep them updated with current MPH events via Twitter and Facebook and can be followed on his blog located on the CPH’s website.

This student blog is unedited and does not necessarily reflect the views of the College of Public Health or the University of Iowa.

Monday, August 29, 2011

First week reflection and then some...

By the time the first week (Monday, August 22nd) arrived, I was ready to start classes and get back on class schedule. It was exciting the weekend before catching up with everyone getting back into town that had been gone over the summer months (June-August), since I had been here in Iowa City interning in Emergency Management at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

I was able to meet a lot of the first-year graduate students in my department of Health Management of Policy (HMP) through an HMP picnic in the middle of the week and some friendly kick-ball competition between incoming Master's students and those returning. In addition, I was able to meet all of the incoming Master of Public Health (MPH) students from all the departments through my role as a graduate assistant (GA) with the MPH Program Orientation on Friday (August 19th). There were a variety of backgrounds represented and a good mix from all the different subtracks, which I am in Policy.

Overall, I am glad to be back in the swing of things, even if the first week or I should say weekend after looking back over what I wrote ;) The first week was stressful in terms of getting organized, figuring out assignments/projects and the simple fact of getting back on school schedule and not being on a 8-5 model.

I will have more to report in the coming days as the Fall Semester begins, but for now wanted to check back in and let you know I am alive and excited/sad that this will be my final academic year going for my Master of Health Administration (MHA) and MPH in Policy.

Ryan
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