Iowa Females You Should Know: Michele Devlin
Editor’s Note: Three weeks ago, we announced four new Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame inductees. We wanted to do a little extra to celebrate their accomplishments, so we are featuring the nominations of one honoree each week as an Iowa Females You Should Know or Remember.
WHO SHE IS
Michele Devlin, Ph.D., is professor of global public health and chair of the Division of Health Promotion and Education at the University of Northern Iowa. She is also director of the Iowa Center on Health Disparities, a model organization established by the National Institutes of Health to improve health equity for underserved populations.
WHERE SHE’S BEEN
Devlin completed her doctorate degree in international public health at the University of California at Los Angeles. Her primary areas of specialty include cross-cultural emergency and disaster response with refugee and minority populations, with a particular focus on women and children.
In addition to her academic expertise, Devlin has more than 30 years of field experience working with public safety, law enforcement, public health agencies, nonprofits and disaster relief organizations around the world that serve women and at-risk populations in multicultural communities. Devlin is the cultural awareness trainer for the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Iowa Law Enforcement Academies.
She is an International Disaster Relief team member with the American Red Cross, and has worked in Haiti and the Philippines. She has led and participated in multiple medical missions in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW HER
Devlin has provided training and technical assistance on human rights topics and cultural terrain issues to thousands of law enforcement, public safety, search and rescue, disaster response, public health, and emergency management professionals at the federal, state and local levels. She is the recipient of the One Iowa Award, the Richard Remington Award, the Iowa Civil Rights Award and other local, state, and national honors for outstanding teaching, scholarship and service.
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