Racism Is A Public Health Crisis
Dear SPH faculty and students, Racism is a public health crisis. It has been a crisis for centuries, but now... Read More
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health News Archive
The latest coverage and updates from university and our partners.
Poetry As Public Health
Dr. Ryan Petteway, MPH, DrPH, has been writing poetry and music since he was 11 years old, but it wasn’t... Read More
Opinion: To open Oregon safely, the state must return to its plan
In an opinion piece in The Oregonian, Dr. Alexis Dinno of the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health and Numi Lee... Read More
A Letter from PSU Deans to President Stephen Percy
As Deans at Portland State University, it is painful to watch the recent events that continuously remind us all of... Read More
Student Leadership Council presents 2020 Faculty Awards
Five SPH faculty recognized for their excellence in teaching, mentorship, and service Every spring the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health... Read More
Profile: From Fabrication Cleanrooms to a PhD
(Photo of Sarah Siegel with her daughter Elizabeth and husband Michael courtesy of Sarah Siegel) The path to her PhD... Read More
Oregon public health visionary State Representative Mitch Greenlick dies at age 85
Oregon lost a leading and influential voice in public health with the passing of State Representative Merwyn (Mitch) Greenlick, PhD.... Read More
Opinion: We Need a Different Strategy for COVID-19 Testing
Epidemiologist Kevin Winthrop, MD, MPH, is co-author on a new opinion piece in MedPage Today, arguing that public health has... Read More
Self Care in the Midst of a Pandemic with Mind-Body Medicine Skills
We in Public Health hold a unique position during times like this. Self care is critical for our own well... Read More
Gov. Brown, OHSU, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health partner on research study to inform approach for re-opening Oregon
Real-time study will conduct targeted statewide COVID-19 testing, precision mapping to help safely ease physical distancing, control future outbreaks To... Read More
PhD Student Steven Fiala Balances Studies, Work With Prestigious AJPH Fellowship
Having excellent time management skills is a given for pursuing a doctoral degree in public health, but Steven Fiala, a... Read More
SPH Students Co-Author New Study On Assisted Living Facilities During COVID-19
Taylor Bucy, an MPH student in the Health Management and Policy program, was the lead author, with co-authors Lindsey Smith,... Read More
Guest Editorial: Opening Hotels to the Homeless Could Prevent Further COVID-19 Tragedy
In the midst of COVID-19, Rachel Lockhard, MPH and Kelsey Priest, PhD, MPH, both SPH alumni, co-authored an opinion piece... Read More
Why we are all public health practitioners in this time of COVID-19
Dear SPH students, This past National Public Health week I opened the SPH Student Leadership Council’s annual Public Health Conference... Read More
Opinion: Oregon’s Crossroads For Public Health
The following guest editorial by David Bangsberg, MSc, MD, MPH, MS, a native Oregonian and the founding Dean of the Oregon... Read More
Student Leadership Council Transforms 2020 Public Health Conference To Virtual Platform
COVID19 and social distancing doesn’t stand in the way of annual student-led scientific conference The work of over 70 students,... Read More
Dean David Bangsberg comments on COVID-19 trends in Oregon
Dean David Bangsberg, MSc, MD, MPH, MS, was cited in an article published this week in the political news site The... Read More
Cross-sector partnerships present both benefits and risks to health services and human services
Cross-sector partnerships present both benefits and risks to health services and human services organizations when they work together to address... Read More
An important message from Dean Bangsberg
To our OHSU-PSU School of Public Health students, As we enter the first day of Spring Break, I hope this... Read More
A Message From Dean Bangsberg
Greetings SPH students and colleagues, The last few weeks, and especially the past few days, have been stressful, unpredictable and... Read More
OPB: US Firearm Suicide Rate Reaches Record High
The national age-adjusted suicide rate ticked up slightly in 2018, from 14 per 100,000 people in 2017 to 14.2. The... Read More
Our Alumni: Short-Term Incidence of Sequelae of HCV Infection Among Medicaid Beneficiaries in Oregon
The results of a project led by Ann Thomas, MD, MPH with help from other SPH partners and students has... Read More
Our Alumni: Oregon County Epidemiologist Proves The Value Of Shoe-Leather Epidemiology In Combating Suicide
Oregon epidemiologist Kimberly Repp (SPH alum) has been working for two years to give health departments the best tools in... Read More
Our Faculty: Expert commentary by SPH Faculty Kevin Winthrop: Influenza vaccination in RA patients
Summary: Infectious disease specialist Kevin Winthrop comments on the study by Inés Colmegna and colleagues looking at the effects of... Read More
Podcast: What’s work got to do with it?
At the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, we are excited to announce the launch of a... Read More
Our Students: SPH Students published opinion on Gender Violence
SPH students Kelsey Priest and Caroline King recently published an opinion article comparing the NIH’s stance on Gender violence with... Read More
PSU most innovative school in Oregon
Portland State University is ranked the most innovative school in Oregon and maintained other honors in rankings released today by... Read More
Our Partners: Safe Consumption Sites and Other Harm Reduction Strategies for the Opioid Epidemic
If you missed the seminar with Dr. Susan Sherman of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the video is now... Read More
SPH research: Women who rely on tips are more likely to report symptoms of depression, stress
The tipping point: Service sector employees are more susceptible to mental health issues Study finds women who rely on tips... Read More
Kweku Wilson
Kweku Wilson, Ph.D., Health Systems and Policy at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, grew up around hospitals and health... Read More
#13: Nothing about us without us! Mental Health Peer Support in Oregon
Thursday May 17 | 6pm to 7:30pm | Lucky Lab Beer Hall | 1945 NW Quimby Street Portland Tap in... Read More
Meet our faculty: Carlos Crespo
Increasing diversity in health sciences careers and research Carlos Crespo, professor at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, started bringing local... Read More
#12: What about us? Sexual Health of Youth Experiencing I/DD
Every person is a social and sexual being and everyone deserves to experience healthy relationships and sexual and reproductive health. Yet... Read More
#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
Worker Health and Safety
More than 4,800 U.S. workers suffered fatal injuries on the job in 2015. Forty-four workers were killed on the job... Read More
Special Populations
Specific populations of people often have specific health concerns and health problems as a group. They may have less access... Read More
Health Reform
As U.S. policymakers continue to pursue and debate health care reform — as they have for more than two decades... Read More
Health Equity
The overall conditions in which people live, go to school and work have a profound effect on their health. Those... Read More
Biostatistics
Researchers in biostatistics at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health help drive and clarify the school’s research by applying and... Read More
Travis Henke
Travis Henke last saw his father when he was eight years old. Travis, 31 now, hasn’t heard from his father... Read More
Sarah Andrea
When Sarah Andrea was growing up in the small town of Coventry, Rhode Island, her family had a saying: “We... Read More
