Dr. Ryan Petteway Featured on KOIN AM Extra: Poetry & Public Health
Dr. Ryan J. Petteway, an associate professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health spoke with KOIN AM Extra...Read More
School of Public Health Research
Building Healthy Populations
$17.5 M Research Funding
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60+ Faculty Members
Conducting Research
220 Faculty Publications
Publications in FY22
Our OHSU-PSH School of Public Health (SPH) faculty are exploring today’s most important public health issues, in our communities, regions and far beyond. Collaborating with a wide range of organizations, public agencies, and community groups, to produce research that helps us better understand and improve public health.
LATEST SPH NEWS
Neal Wallace named 2024 OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Researcher of the Year
Dr. Neal Wallace, professor of Health Systems Management and Policy, has been named 2024 OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Researcher...Read More
Marisa Westbrook Presents Trauma Informed Approach Examples From Housing and Health Study At Tacoma Conference
On April 5, 2024, Dr. Marisa Westbrook, Cristina Flores, MSW student, Jade Garza, MPH student, and Judith Solomon, Public Health...Read More
Research Spotlight: Julia Goodman
Dr. Julia Goodman is an Associate Professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. Dr. Goodman’s research examines inequities attributed...Read More
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health aims to improve equity, diversity within STEM
Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University School of Public Health are leveraging data science to support...Read More
Dr. Marisa Westbrook and Dr. Kathleen Conte Receive Grant From The National Alliance to End Homelessness
Dr. Marisa Westbrook, Dr. Kathleen Conte, along with colleagues from the PSU Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning and...Read More
Faculty Research Projects
The School of Public Health continues to expand our research portfolio with high impact, equity-focused research. Learn more about our faculty’s research projects and collaborations with with other organizations, public agencies, and community groups, to produce research that helps us better understand and improve public health.
Student Research
The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health provides research opportunities to our students through research assistant positions or mentorship of their sponsored student research. Gaining real-world experiences to understand the contexts in which health problems and opportunities occur.
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Latest Publications
March 2024
Einspruch, E, Wunrow, J, Jackson, M, Jackson, D, Gastelum, A. Addressing domestic violence through use of Circle Peacemaking in Kake, Alaska: Reflections on building tribal-researcher capacity. The Northern Review. 2024 Jan 30(55). doi: 10.22584/nr55.2024.003
Boone-Heinonen J, Lyon-Scott K, Springer R, Schmidt T, Vesco KK, Booman A, Dinh D, Fortmann SP, Foster BA, Hauschildt J, Liu S, O’Malley J, Palma A, Snowden JM, Stratton K, Tran S. Pregnancy health in a multi-state U.S. population of systemically underserved patients and their children: PROMISE cohort design and baseline characteristics. BMC Public Health. 2024 Mar 23;24(1):886. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18257-8. PMID: 38519895; PMCID: PMC10960496.
Kerschbaumer A, Smolen JS, Ferreira RJO, Bertheussen H, Baraliakos X, Aletaha D, McGonagle DG, van der Heijde D, McInnes IB, Esbensen BA, Winthrop KL, Boehncke WH, Schoones JW, Gossec L. Efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatment of psoriatic arthritis: a systematic literature research informing the 2023 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Mar 19:ard-2024-225534. doi: 10.1136/ard-2024-225534. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38503473.
Gossec L, Kerschbaumer A, Ferreira RJO, Aletaha D, Baraliakos X, Bertheussen H, Boehncke WH, Esbensen BA, McInnes IB, McGonagle D, Winthrop KL, Balanescu A, Balint PV, Burmester GR, Cañete JD, Claudepierre P, Eder L, Hetland ML, Iagnocco A, Kristensen LE, Lories R, Queiro R, Mauro D, Marzo-Ortega H, Mease PJ, Nash P, Wagenaar W, Savage L, Schett G, Shoop-Worrall SJW, Tanaka Y, Van den Bosch FE, van der Helm-van Mil A, Zabotti A, van der Heijde D, Smolen JS. EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2023 update. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Mar 18:ard-2024-225531. doi: 10.1136/ard-2024-225531. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38499325.
Wyse JJ, Eckhardt A, Waller D, Gordon AJ, Shull S, Lovejoy TI, Mackey K, Morasco BJ. Patients’ Perspectives on Discontinuing Buprenorphine for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. J Addict Med. 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001292. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38498620.
Rice SPM. Does changing scale items’ contexts impact its psychometrics properties? A comparison using the PERMA-Profiler and the Workplace PERMA-Profiler. Merits 2024;4:109–117. https://doi.org/10.3390/merits4020008
Vermehren-Schmaedick A, Joshi S, Wagoner W, Norgard MA, Packwood W, Diba P, Mendez H, Fedorov LM, Rakshe S, Park B, Marks DL, Grossberg A, Luoh SW. Grb7 ablation in mice improved glycemic control, enhanced insulin signaling and increased abdominal fat mass in females. Endocrinology. 2024 Apr 5:bqae045. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqae045. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38578949.
Dumet LM, Dow WH, Karasek D, Franck LS, Goodman, JM. Barriers to Accessing Paid Parental Leave Among Birthing Parents With Perinatal Health Complications: A Multiple-Methods Study. Women’s Health Issues. 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2024.02.002.
Dumet L, Nelson H. Achieving Paid Family Leave in Oregon, USA: Analysis of the Policy Process Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2023 Dec 28. doi: 10.1057/s41272-023-00455-0.
Arroyo G, Toribio L, Garrido S, Chile N, Lopez-Urbina T, Gomez-Puerta LA, Muro M, Gilman RH, Castillo Y, Dorny P, O’Neal SE, Gonzalez AE, Garcia HH; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (CWGP). Concordance between two monoclonal antibody-based antigen detection enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for measuring cysticercal antigen levels in sera from pigs experimentally infected with Taenia solium and Taenia hydatigena. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Apr 2;17(1):172. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06197-6. PMID: 38566124; PMCID: PMC10988810.
Govier DJ, Niederhausen M, Takata Y, Hickok A, Rowneki M, McCready H, Smith VA, Osborne TF, Boyko EJ, Ioannou GN, Maciejewski ML, Viglianti EM, Bohnert ASB, O’Hare AM, Iwashyna TJ, Hynes DM; US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development COVID-19 Observational Research Collaboratory. Risk of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations After SARS-CoV-2 Infection. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e245786. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.5786. PMID: 38598237; PMCID: PMC11007577.
Speers AB, Wright KM, Brandes MS, Kedjejian N, Matthews DG, Caruso M, Harris CJ, Koike S, Nguyen T, Quinn JF, Soumyanath A, Gray NE. Mode of administration influences plasma levels of active Centella asiatica compounds in 5xFAD mice while markers of neuroinflammation remain unaltered. Front Neurosci. 2024 Mar 25;18:1277626. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1277626. PMID: 38591068; PMCID: PMC10999680.
McEvoy CT, Shorey-Kendrick LE, MacDonald KD, Park BS, Spindel ER, Morris CD, Tepper RS. Vitamin C Supplementation Among Pregnant Smokers and Airway Function Trajectory in Offspring: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Apr 8:e240430. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0430. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38587836; PMCID: PMC11002762.
Matthew Najarian, Amanda F. Petrik. “What Would Shifting To A Single-Dose HPV Vaccine Mean For Health And Access?”, Health Affairs Forefront, April 10, 2024.