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Post-Graduate Certificate
Kara Avis, MA (she/her/hers)
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Graduate Program Manager
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kara-avis@uiowa.edu
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319-467-4405
Mary Dirks, DNP, ARNP, CPNP-PC, FAANP
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Professor (Clinical)
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mary-dirks@uiowa.edu
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319-335-7045
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