#11: Reframing Addiction & Recovery
In the Portland Metro Area 1 person dies every other day from a drug overdose. Mental Health America ranked Oregon...Read More
Preventing stress, weight-related conditions among bus drivers
Researchers at OHSU and PSU will enroll about 300 new bus operators from multiple Western U.S. cities to help them...Read More
Understanding transgender homicide rates
Keren Landman talks to epidemiologist Alexis Dinno, faculty at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, about the difficulty of understanding...Read More
#10: student voices: racism & public health
Tap in to the best of Public Health. At this event Charlene McGee, Deputy Refuge Health Coordinator at the Multnomah...Read More
#9: neurodiversity: rethinking autism
Approximately 1 in 68 U.S. children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability that affects social communication, sensory...Read More
#8: stop overdose: safe consumption spaces
Several months ago, Public Health Portland Style came together to talk about the opiate crisis in Oregon. We know that...Read More
#7: Healthcare reform: The unspoken issues
Over the past months health reform has dominated the national news. There have been several attempts to repeal the Affordable Care...Read More
#6: War, PTSD & Reintegration
A psychologist, chaplain and Veteran of Iraq will speak about the impact of combat trauma, as well as the process...Read More
Pigs, Tapeworms, and Epilepsy
For Ian Pray, those six weeks in Peru were more than a public health adventure. Ian’s “field experience” in Peru...Read More
Gender Approaches to Health
Jocelyn Wagman has thought a lot about how women and men approach health differently. Throughout her public health education, she...Read More