Ag Health Academy Recordings

Ag Health Academy is an educational program that consists of participating in 12 months of interactive webinars on focused topics relevant to today’s hazards on Midwest farms. This page provides recordings of previous Ag Heath Academy courses.

Archived Meetings

Roadway Hazards

Ag Health Academy Roadway Slide. April 16, 2025: Roadway Hazards. This session will provide updates on risk factors associated with roadway hazards where agricultural vehicles and community vehicles share the road. Image of Jonathan Davis, University of Iowa, CPH, OEH. Updates on motor vehicle injury data from Iowa Trauma Registry. Image of Cara Hamann, University of Iowa, CPH, Epi. Project update on Community Campaign to Reduce Farm-Vehicle Roadway Crashes. Image of Omar Ahmand, University of Iowa, Driving Safety Institute. Project updates on Automated Driving Systems for Rural America.

Date: April 16, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30 pm Central Time

Objective: This interactive session provided updates on roadway hazards that result in agricultural vehicle crashes and gave best practices on helping community drivers share the road with agricultural vehicles.

Presenters: Cara Hamann, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa; Jonathan Davis, Assistant Professor in Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Iowa; Omar Ahmad, Deputy Director of Driving Safety Research Institute. 

For those who were unable to attend this session, click the button below to view the recording of the April Ag Health Academy course.  

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Dementia and Farmers

Ag Health Academy - Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health. May 21, 2025: Mental Health Month: Dementia and Farmers. Image of Kanika Arora. Text under: Kanika Arora, University of Iowa, Dept. Health Management and Policy. Image of Julie Bobitt. Text under: Julie Bobitt, University of Illinois Chicago.

May 21, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30 pm Central Time

Objective: This interactive session provided updates on dementia and farmers.

Presenters: Kanika Arora, Associate Professor at the University of Iowa’s Dept. of Health Management and Policy in the College of Public Health and Julie Bobitt, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Medicine, both involved in a NIOSH-funded project that is developing and testing tools to improve Farm Safety for Rural Families Coping with Dementia. 

For those who were unable to attend this session, click the button below to view the recording of the May Ag Health Academy course.  

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Pathogen Updates: Agrotourism & Rabies

Ag Health Academy - Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health. May 21, 2025: Mental Health Month: Dementia and Farmers. Image of Kanika Arora. Text under: Kanika Arora, University of Iowa, Dept. Health Management and Policy. Image of Julie Bobitt. Text under: Julie Bobitt, University of Illinois Chicago.

June 18, 2025, 12-1:30 pm Central Time

Objective: As summer gets going on the farm, we wanted to update Ag Health Academy members about pathogenic concerns on the farm. While we are still concerned about the highly pathogenic avian flu (H5N1) and swine flu (H1N1) and other concerns for livestock, there are some persistent pathogenic concerns we highlighted in the session this month.

Presenters: Carrie Klumb, MPH, is a senior epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Public Health in the Zoonotic Diseases unit, where she conducts surveillance of zoonotic diseases in ag workers, their families, and those exposed in agricultural settings. She will discuss healthy animal handling and provide updates on outbreaks associated with agrotourist events in her state. 

Dr. Andrew Hennenfent, DVM, MPH, is Iowa’s new State Public Health Veterinarian, also with expertise in infectious diseases in both agriculture and health care sectors. He will provide us with observations in Iowa and highlight new rabies information for our attendees.

For those who were unable to attend this session, click the button below to view the recording of the June Ag Health Academy course.  

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