The Green Divide: Urban Struggles for Environmental Justice Screening
On April 10th, over 25 students and faculty in Public Health, Urban Studies & Planning, Geography, and other programs on...Read More
School of Public Health Research
Building Healthy Populations
$10.9 M Research Funding
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60+ Faculty Members
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150 Faculty Publications
Publications in FY24
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
Congratulations to Dr. Laura Jacobson, Recipient of the 2025 Early Achievement in Social Science Research Award
We are proud to share that Dr. Laura Jacobson, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, has...Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Paula Carder — PSU Researcher of the Year!
Congratulations to Dr. Paula Carder — PSU Researcher of the Year! We’re thrilled to celebrate Dr. Paula Carder, Professor at...Read More
Dr. Deborah Karasek Research Publication: Perinatal Health and Healthcare Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Deborah Karasek, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, recently published research highlighting the implications...Read More
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Graduate Students Are Part of Pioneering Care at the OHSU CAIRE Clinic
In an era where the medical community races to keep pace with the evolving challenges of Infection Associated Chronic Conditions...Read More
SPH Research: February 2025 Updates
Funding Opportunities Looking for funding opportunities? Here are a few options: You can use the SPIN feature of InfoEd at...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.
Faculty Research Projects
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.
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OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Latest Publications
April 2025
Variation in prostate-specific antigen levels by age, adiposity, race and ethnicity, and genetic risk: Implications for prostate cancer screening. Kensler KH, Baichoo S, Nuris-Souquet M, Morley F, Lee-Bravatti M, Pradhan P, Roscoe C, Dickerman BA, Iyer HS, Rebbeck TR. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Apr 3. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-1710. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40178947
Greenspace and depression incidence in the US-based nationwide Nurses’ Health Study II: A deep learning analysis of street-view imagery. Yi L, Hart JE, Roscoe C, Mehta UV, Pescador Jimenez M, Lin PD, Suel E, Hystad P, Hankey S, Zhang W, Okereke OI, Laden F, James P. Environ Int. 2025 Apr 4;198:109429. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109429. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40209395
Target Trial Emulation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Versus No Infection and Risk of Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Conditions in the Omicron Variant Versus Prior Eras. Ioannou GN, Berry K, Rajeevan N, Li Y, Yan L, Huang Y, Bui D, Hynes DM, Rowneki M, Hickok A, Niederhausen M, Shahoumian TA, Bohnert A, Boyko EJ, Korpak A, Fox A, Baraff A, Iwashyna TJ, Maciejewski ML, Smith VA, Berkowitz TSZ, Pura JA, Hebert P, Wong ES, O’Hare AM, Osborne TF, Viglianti EM, Aslan M, Bajema KL. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 10:ciaf087. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf087. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40208261
Goal alignment and unintended consequences of accountable care: How the structure of Oregon’s Medicaid coordinated care model shapes health plan-clinic partnerships. Kenzie ES, Campbell J, Seater M, Singh MA, Robbins A, Davis MM. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Feb 6;9(1):e46. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.26. eCollection 2025. PMID: 40201654
Trial Conduct, Baseline Characteristics, and Symptom Burden of Patients in the ARISE Study. Daley CL, Chalmers JD, Flume PA, Griffith DE, Hasegawa N, Morimoto K, Winthrop KL, Sheu CC, Avsar K, Andrisani D, Codecasa LR, Yuen DW, Hassan M, Nevoret ML, Mange K. Pulm Ther. 2025 Apr 8. doi: 10.1007/s41030-025-00293-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40198465
Possible Explanations for Hearing Loss in Parkinson Disease-Reply. Neilson LE, Reavis KM, Scott GD. JAMA Neurol. 2025 Apr 7. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.0514. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40193117
Chasing the target: reports from the Advances in Targeted Therapies meeting, 2024. Winthrop KL, Bathon J, Kerschbaumer A, Isaacs JD, Mease P, Gottenberg JE, Crow MK, Kay J, Crofford L, Baraliakos X, Bykerk V, Siebert S, Kloppenburg M, Aletaha D, McInnes IB, Huizinga T, Voll R, Gravallese EM, Breedveld FC, van Vollenhoven R, Smolen JS. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Apr 15:S0003-4967(25)00237-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.02.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40240265
Performance of skimmed milk flocculation and real-time polymerase chain reaction for the concentration, detection, and quantification of Taenia solium in urban wastewater from an endemic region of the Peruvian central highlands. Valdivia-Carrera CA, Ho-Palma AC, Gomez-Puerta LA, Andrade DA, Gonzales BL, Lopez-Urbina MT, Gonzalez AE, Bustos JA, Garcia HH, Gabriël S, O’Neal SE, Gonzales-Gustavson E. Sci Total Environ. 2025 Apr 15;977:179413. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179413. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40239503
Electrochemical Characterization of Pyrogenic Carbons: Implications for Degradation of Groundwater Contaminants with Carbon-Based Amendments. Hudson JM, Tratnyek PG. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Apr 15. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c00254. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40233279
Clinical pharmacist practitioners prescribing of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Baylis JD, Jorgenson TL, Pals HE, Hwang CS, Colvard MD, Alliu V, Moore T, Lin LA, Wyse J, Hawkins EJ, Hagedorn HJ, Gordon AJ. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Mar 26;271:112663. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112663. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40228325
Electron exchange capacity of dissolved natural organic matter: further method development and interpretation using square wave voltammetry in dimethyl sulfoxide. Hudson JM, Cao H, Xu W, Tratnyek PG. Environ Sci Process Impacts. 2025 Apr 16;27(4):917-935. doi: 10.1039/d4em00555d. PMID: 40019437
Dual states of murine Bmi1-expressing intestinal stem cells drive epithelial development utilizing non-canonical Wnt signaling. Smith NR, Giske NR, Sengupta SK, Conley P, Swain JR, Nair A, Fowler KL, Klocke C, Yoo YJ, Anderson AN, Sanati N, Torkenczy K, Adey AC, Fischer JM, Wu G, Wong MH. Dev Cell. 2025 Apr 16:S1534-5807(25)00177-7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.03.014. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40262610
Corrigendum to “Receipt of medication for opioid use disorder among rural and urban veterans health administration patients” [Drug Alcohol Depend. Rep. 14 (2025) 100311]. Reynolds OC, Carlson KF, Gordon AJ, Handley RL, Morasco BJ, Korthuis TP, Lovejoy TI, Wyse JJ. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2025 Mar 12;14:100319. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100319. eCollection 2025 Mar. PMID: 40260412
Relationship between culture conversion and clinical outcomes in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: Narrative review. Winthrop KL, Mingora CM, Varley CD, Dorman SE, Flume PA. Respir Med. 2025 May;241:108052. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108052. Epub 2025 Mar 23. PMID: 40132751
Prevalence of Unilateral, Asymmetric, and Bilateral Tinnitus in Military Personnel and Its Impact on Disability. Andren KG, Marinelli JP, Spear SA, Thapa S, Thielman EJ, Erbele ID, Reavis KM. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 May;172(5):1608-1616. doi: 10.1002/ohn.1153. Epub 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 39945566
Valek R, Teichman R, Rakshe S, DeFrancesco S, Carlson KF. Use of Oregon’s Extreme Risk Protection Order Law to Address Risk of Firearm Suicide. Injury Prevention. Published online 2025:ip-2024-045581-. doi:10.1136/ip-2024-045581
Varada S, Chamberlin SR, Bui L, Brandes MS, Gladen-Kolarsky N, Harris CJ, Hack W, Neff CJ, Brumbach BH, Soumyanath A, Quinn JF, Gray NE. Oral Asiatic Acid Improves Cognitive Function and Modulates Antioxidant and Mitochondrial Pathways in Female 5xFAD Mice. Nutrients. 2025; 17(4), 729. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17040729
Hantke N, Brumbach BH, Siegel L, Mancini M, Safarpour D. Associations Between Cognitive Profiles and Balance in Essential Tremor. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 2025; 15(1): 9, pp. 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.969
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Evaluating the impact of race, ethnicity, and ancestry as population labels in genomics research
VIRTUAL Portland, OR, United StatesRace and ethnicity are socially constructed groupings that are sometimes paired with inferred genetic ancestry for analyses; however, their misuse...