Rema Afifi, Ph.D.

Director of Graduate Studies
College of Public Health, University of Iowa

Rima Afifi is a professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa. Her research and practice focus on mental health, refugee and immigrant wellbeing, and tobacco control. Rima engages in public health research and practice with intent to promote social, community, and policy environments conducive to wellbeing. She uses methods of Community Based Participatory Research; applies an ecological lens to the understanding of the issues; and engages multiple disciplines to widen the perspectives on any topic

Presentation(s):

• Fatalities Management Workers and COVID-19: Stress, Coping and Wellbeing

• Fatalities Management Workers and COVID-19: Stress, Coping and Wellbeing