Dr. Marisa Westbrook Awarded National Fellowship for Research on Hispanic Families and Housing
We are proud to announce that Dr. Marisa Westbrook, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion & Community Health at Portland State...Read More
School of Public Health Research
Building Healthy Populations
$10.9 M Research Funding
Received in FY24
60+ Faculty Members
Conducting Research
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
Dr. Alice Gates Appointed to Governor’s Behavioral Health Talent Council
We’re proud to share that Dr. Alice Gates, Associate Professor of Public Health at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health,...Read More
Marisa Westbrook Awarded National Fellowship to Advance Research on Hispanic Families’ Economic Well-Being
The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health is thrilled to share that Assistant Professor Marisa Westbrook received a competitive fellowship from...Read More
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
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
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.
Student PositionsSPH RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Latest Publications
June 2025
Pratt-Chapman ML, Tennant B, Tesfaye CL, Wheldon CW, Scout NFN, Streed CG, Tredway K & Jackson S (accepted May 2025). Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Measures: Refined by Feedback from Older Americans. Forthcoming in LGBT Health.
Haneef Z, Eisenschenk S, Lopez MR, Hildebrand A, Rehman R, Gopinath Karicheri S, Coutts MA, Khan OI, Kellogg M. Optimizing drug resistant epilepsy identification in the Veterans Health Administration. Epilepsy Res. 2025 Apr 22:214:107568. https://10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2025.107568
Davis BJ, Kim M, Burton Y, Elman M, Hodovan J, Shah AM, Maurer MS, Solomon SD, Masri A. Myocardial contraction fraction predicts outcomes in patients enrolled in the TOPCAT trial. International Journal of Cardiology. 2025 Feb 4:133038. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133038.
Masri A, Bhattacharya P, Medoff B, Ejaz AU, Elman MR, Chandrashekar P, Ives L, Santos AM, Teruya SL, Zhao Y, Huang S. A multicenter study of contemporary long-term tafamidis outcomes in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. JACC: CardioOncology. 2025 Feb 11. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2024.12.005.
Klee M, Markwardt S, Elman MR, Han L, Leist AK, Allore H, Quiñones A. Examining multimorbidity contributors to dementia over time. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. 2025 Feb;21(2):e14589. doi: 10.1002/alz.14589.
Elman MR*, Quiñones AR*, McAvay GJ, Vander Wyk B, Nagel CL, Allore HG. Contribution of Chronic Conditions to Mortality: Differences by Race and Ethnicity. Aging and Health Research. 2025 Apr 23:100231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100231.
*Denotes joint first authorship
Peterson DF, Black LO, Lancaster K, Samuel Cheesman J, Shatzer J, Ramesh R, Koike S, Meeker JE, Friess DM, Yoo JU and Working ZM/ In Vivo Intramuscular pH in Tibia Fractures Is Acidic Prior to Stabilization and Equilibrates Toward Systemic pH 48 h Post Stabilization. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 2025 May 31. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.26108
Dumet LM, Kenzie ES, Goodman J, Gelmon S, Merino V, Cruz V, Atto R, Vilchez P, O’Neal S, for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. One Health Policy Communities’ Perspectives on Zoonoses Risk Factors and Management: A Multiple Qualitative Method Approach. CABI One Health. In press
Challenges using electronic health records to support unhealthy alcohol use screening and intervention in primary care practices in the Pacific Northwest. McCormack JL, Thomas TL, Barnes C, Sanchez V, Kenzie ES, Coury J, Hatch BA, Weekley T, Singh MA, Davis MM. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 Jun 6:ocaf083. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocaf083. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40478440
Veteran Mental Health Emergency Care Utilization Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Chen JI, Niederhausen M, Bui DP, Govier DJ, Rowneki M, Hickok A, Shahoumian TA, Shepherd-Banigan M, Korpak A, Hawkins E, Teo AR, Naylor J, Osborne TF, Smith VA, Bowling CB, Boyko EJ, Ioannou GN, Maciejewski ML, O’Hare AM, Viglianti EM, Iwashyna TJ, Bohnert ASB, Hynes DM; VA HSR&D COVID‐19 Observational Research Collaboratory (CORC). Health Serv Res. 2025 Jun 5:e14622. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14622. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40474431
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 Jun;84(6):927-936. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.02.009. Epub 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40240265
Variation in PSA 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 Jun 3;34(6):972-981. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-1710. PMID: 40178947
Early Infancy Weight Gain Patterns Are Associated with Child Body Mass Index in Singletons But Not Twins. Booman A, Foster BA, Marino M, Snowden JM, Springer R, Boone-Heinonen J. J Pediatr. 2025 Jun 12:114687. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114687. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40516784
Residential greenness and diabetes incidence in two prospective cohorts of US women. Fiffer MR, James P, Chen J, Iyer HS, Holland I, Roscoe C, Wilt G, Nethery RC, Sun Q, Laden F, Hart JE. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Jun 11;9(4):e405. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000405. eCollection 2025 Aug. PMID: 40520480
Perinatal Health and Healthcare Utilisation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Karasek D, Collin DF, Hamad R, Jackson K, Gemmill A. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2025 May;39(4):373-384. doi: 10.1111/ppe.70000. Epub 2025 Mar 12. PMID: 40075540
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OHSU Health Literacy Symposium
OHSU Auditorium 3286 SW Research Drive, Portland, United StatesInnovating for Better Results in Health Care, Education, and Research The 2025 OHSU Health Literacy Symposium will highlight health...