Ready. Set. Action! Celebrating National Public Health Week at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health is proud to announce a week-long series of events in celebration of National Public... Read More
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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
Kathleen Carlson’s New Study Examines How Oregon’s ERPO Law Addresses Mass Violence Threats
A recently published study by OHSU-PSU School of Public Health faculty member Kathleen F. Carlson, PhD, sheds new light on... Read More
Ryan Petteway Presents at 2025 APHA Annual Meeting on Epistemological Racism in Epidemiology
Ryan Petteway, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Community Health & Health Promotion at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, recently... Read More
OHSU Research Drives FDA Approval For Novel Use of Anemia Drug In Brain Cancer Imaging
The Food and Drug Administration has approved ferumoxytol, known clinically as FERABRIGHT™, as a contrast agent physicians can use to... Read More
Powering the Future of PSU Research: Announcing the Inaugural Catalyst Cohort
The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health is proud to celebrate three of our faculty members who were among the 12... Read More
Marisa Westbrook Presents Trauma-Informed Research Methods at International Conference
Marisa Westbrook, PhD MPH, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Community Health at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, recently... 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.
SPH Research Publications
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Latest Publications
March 2026
Long-term temperature exposure and depression incidence in the Nurses’ Health Study II, a U.S.-based prospective cohort. Mehta UV, Wilt GE, Roscoe CJ, Okereke OI, Coull BA, James P, Laden F, Hu CR, DeVille NV, Hart JE. Environ Int. 2026 Feb 22;209:110160. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110160. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41747655
Association of Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Sputum of Patients With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis. Grabauskas T, Brunton AE, Metersky ML, Winthrop K, Lapinel NC, Solomon GM, Jakharia K, Korah-Sedgwick M, Geyer A. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2025 Feb 23. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.2025.0732. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41738760
Management of nontuberculous mycobacterial Pulmonary disease refractory to guideline-based therapy: A systematic review. Moreira-Sousa D, Martins B, Aguiar A, Pinheiro M, Akkerman OW, Aksamit TR, Aliberti S, Andrejak C, Daley CL, van Ingen J, Lange C, Lipman M, Loebinger MR, Jankovic Makek M, Morimoto K, Thomson R, Wagner D, Winthrop KL, Yim JJ, Duarte R. Pulmonology. 2026 Dec;32(1):2632467. doi: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2632467. Epub 2026 Feb 24. PMID: 41733158
Prenatal greenness, air pollution, and birthweight: Assessing sensitive windows of exposure and sub-populations in a multi-exposure setting. Fiffer M, Bravo MA, Zephyr D, Tootoo JL, Roscoe C, Wilt G, Gasymova R, James P, Miranda ML. Environ Int. 2026 Feb;208:110079. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110079. Epub 2026 Jan 16. PMID: 41558211
Joint position statement from the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board and the International Psoriasis Council on routine testing for latent tuberculosis infection prior to and during treatment of psoriasis patients with interleukin 17 or interleukin 23 inhibitors. Blauvelt A, Strober BE, Eakin GS, McCormick Howard L, Langan C, van de Kerkhof PCM, Puig L, Lebwohl MG, Romiti R, Armstrong AW, Choon SE, Ramessur R, Gelfand JM, Merola JF, Winthrop KL, Torres T. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Mar;94(3):802-809. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.11.033. Epub 2025 Nov 17. PMID: 41260526
Postpandemic Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity Among IT Workers. Park S, Wipfli B, Zhao L, Veliz P, Chen W, Rosemberg MA, Larson JL. J Occup Environ Med. 2026 Mar 1;68(3):241-247. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003572. Epub 2025 Oct 8. PMID: 41058015
Tailoring implementation strategies to primary care clinic contexts through practice facilitation: lessons learned from the ANTECEDENT study. Barnes C, Kenzie ES, Thomas T, Weekley T, Sanchez V, Hatch BA, Davis MM. Implement Sci Commun. 2026 Mar 4. doi: 10.1186/s43058-026-00895-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41782073
Phase Ib Study to Assess the Safety of Neoadjuvant Trifluridine/Tipiracil With Concurrent Radiation in Resectable Stage II/III Rectal Cancer: The FIERCE Study. Chen EY, Nabavizadeh N, Kendsersky ND, Lessenich C, Herzig DO, Korngold E, Goodyear SM, Kennecke HF, Kardosh A, Tsikitis VL, Lu KC, Fang S, Wong M, Pegna GJ, Rocha FG, Mayo SC, Brinkerhoff B, Taber E, Rajagopalan B, Park BS, Thomas CR Jr, Lopez CD. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2026 Feb 4:S1533-0028(26)00008-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clcc.2026.02.001. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41781240
Changes in Long-Term Care Markets: Assisted Living Capacity and the Prevalence of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia From 2019 to 2023. Hsu EC, Gadkari G, Bunker JN, Smith L, Hua CL, Jutkowitz E, Thomas KS. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 Mar;27(3):106068. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.106068. Epub 2026 Jan 19. PMID: 41513221
Vaccinating patients with autoimmune diseases. Yeo AL, Winthrop KL. Joint Bone Spine. 2026 Mar;93(2):105978. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2025.105978. Epub 2025 Sep 26. PMID: 41016585
EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2025 update. Smolen JS, Edwards CJ, Konzett V, Laskou F, Aletaha D, Caporali R, Dörner T, Hyrich KL, Mateus E, Pope JE, Primdahl J, de Souza S, Stamm T, Takeuchi T, van der Heijde D, Verschueren P, Winthrop KL, Alvaro-Gracia JM, Askling J, Bathon J, Buch MH, Burmester GR, Codreanu C, Conaghan PG, Cutolo M, Fautrel B, Fonseca J, Gossec L, Haavardsholm E, Hetland ML, Iagnocco A, Juge PA, Li Z, Moe RH, Nash P, Poór G, Rubbert-Roth A, Sobrin RDS, Schulze-Koops H, Shumnalieva R, Senolt L, Silva-Fernandez L, Strangfeld A, Taylor P, Turesson C, van Duuren E, de Wit M, Xavier R, Kerschbaumer A, Landewé RBM. Ann Rheum Dis. 2026 Mar 12:S0003-4967(26)00075-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2026.01.023. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41826212
Comparative Effect of Two Enhanced Prenatal Care Models on Care Experiences: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Afulani PA, León-Martínez D, Carraway K, Curry VC, Chambers Butcher BD, Simard B, Blat C, Coleman-Phox K, Blebu BE, Felder JN, Karasek D, Tesfalul MA, Garza MA, Mcculloch CE, Kuppermann M. Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Mar 12. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006237. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41818754
Patient Characteristics Associated With Telehealth Use in a Large Federally Qualified Health Center. Gautom P, Eckhardt CL, Marriott LK, Vasquez Guzman CE, Coronado GD. Perm J. 2026 Mar 16;30(1):18-29. doi: 10.7812/TPP/25.165. Epub 2026 Feb 11. PMID: 41670409
Can a participant-referred ‘study buddy’ increase retention of rural people who use drugs in research? A multi-site, randomized trial. Young AM, Lancaster KE, Elman MR, Bielavitz S, Cook RR, Estadt AT, Enderle MN, Freeman E, Lapidus J, Korthuis PT. Addiction. 2026 Apr;121(4):894-907. doi: 10.1111/add.70250. Epub 2025 Nov 24. PMID: 41287342
A Buprenorphine Pocket Card and Tool Kit Tailored to Palliative Care Clinicians: An Education and Implementation Cohort Study. Jones KF, Wormwood JB, Becker WC, Gurewich D, Linsky AM, Meier DE, Merlin JS, Silveira MJ, Skarf LM, Pattison D, Wyse JJ, Schwartz AW. J Palliat Med. 2026 Mar 20:10966218261434104. doi: 10.1177/10966218261434104. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41858238
Reply to Woodie, et al., “Elevated risk of active tuberculosis with interleukin (IL)-17, IL-23, IL-12/23, Janus kinase inhibitors, cyclosporine, and tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors compared with the general population: A population-based analysis using TriNetX.”. Torres T, Blauvelt A, Strober B, van de Kerkhof P, Eakin GS, Winthrop K, Gelfand JM. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Mar 16:S0190-9622(26)00391-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.12.129. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41850622
In Silico Analysis of Contaminant Persistence: From QSARs to Machine Learning Models. Zhang H, Tratnyek PG. Environ Sci Technol. 2026 Mar 18. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c18542. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41848202
Advances in the use of Janus kinase inhibitors. Cohen S, Winthrop KL. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2026 Mar 17. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000001154. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41841670
CFTR Mutations and Potential Associations with Increased Rates of Pulmonary Infections Among Patients from the US Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry. Richards C, Brunton AE, Choate R, Winthrop K, McShane PJ, Maselli DJ, Knowles MR, Swenson C, Tino G, Aksamit TR, Metersky ML; Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry Investigators. Chest. 2026 Mar 14:S0012-3692(26)00303-X. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.02.027. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41839362
Verma R, Elhance A, Marsh TJ, Baudier RL, Sherry SP, Reddy R, Sher N, Adibuzzaman M, Mohan V, Khan A. Timing matters: a machine learning-driven comparison of community and hospital-onset sepsis. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2026 Jan 31;26(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12911-026-03353-z. PMID: 41618258; PMCID: PMC12933990.
Nguyen O, Wiedrick J, …[bunch of authors!]… 2026. Incidence and outcomes of atrial fibrillation and systolic dysfunction in patients receiving mavacamten for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A multicenter study. Journal of Cardiac Failure. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2026.02.035
Chen JI, Salvi A, Hooker E, Laliberte AZ, Roth B, Gade P, Tuepker A, Carlson KF, Dobscha SK, Hynes DM. Social and Clinical Variables Associated with Outpatient Mental Health Care Utilization following Positive Suicide Risk Screening. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Feb 17:108318. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2026.108318. PMID: 41713628.
CSF1R Inhibition with Chemotherapy Relieves Systemic Immune Suppression in Patients with Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Boosts anti-PD-1 Efficacy in Transgenic Mammary Tumors. Poissonnier A, Rugo HS, Horton W, Kim T, DeLuca A, Egeland EV, Cotechini T, Sivagnanam S, Mori M, Yu Y, Park B, Beelen N, Murugan D, Kirchberger N, Kummar S, Mayer IA, Blackwell K, Hwang ES, Coussens LM. Clin Cancer Res. 2026 Mar 27. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-4236. Online ahead of print.
A Case for More Diversity in Thinking About PMT Contaminants. Tratnyek PG. Environ Sci Technol. 2026 Mar 25. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6c00846. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41878810
A qualitative study on cannabis use for harm reduction and pain among veterans enrolled in an SUD treatment program. Pleasant T, Ono S, Kansagara D, Lovejoy J, Lovejoy T, Wyse J. Harm Reduct J. 2026 Feb 19;23(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12954-026-01412-2. PMID: 41715102
RESEARCH SEMINARS
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Public Health Talk: A New Frontier in Public Health Diagnostics
Vanport 515, with remote option 1810 SW 5th Avenue, PortlandLecture & WebinarsGuest Lecture: A New Frontier in Public Health Diagnostics The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health and Infectious Disease Research...
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Quantitative Epidemiology Methods in Practice Seminar
Vanport 515, with remote option 1810 SW 5th Avenue, PortlandLecture & WebinarsRecreational cannabis legalization and serious mental disorder among cannabis patients in California: A statewide longitudinal study\ Presenter: Sidra Goldman-Mellor PhD,...