Emily Boniface, HSP PhD student, Awarded Emerging Scholars in Family Planning
We are thrilled to announce that Emily Boniface, current doctoral candidate in Health Systems & Policy at the OHSU-PSU School... 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
Professor Marguerita Lightfoot Weighs in on Federal Research Funding Cuts in Oregon
Earlier today, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Professor Marguerita Lightfoot joined OPB’s Think Out Loud podcast to discuss the impacts... Read More
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
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
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
August 2025
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures for Cancer Research: Feedback from Older Americans. Pratt-Chapman ML, Tennant B, Tesfaye CL, Wheldon CW, Nfn S, Streed CG Jr, Tredway K, Jackson SS. LGBT Health. 2025 Jul 29. doi: 10.1177/23258292251362128. PMID: 40728413
Target Trial Emulation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Versus No Infection and Risk of Post-COVID-19 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 Aug 1;81(1):10-19. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf087. PMID: 40208261
Dichloroethene reduction by Fe(II): role of transient Fe(II) phases. Chelsvig CE, Patial M, Latta DE, Tratnyek PG, Neumann A, Scherer MM. Environ Sci Process Impacts. 2025 Aug 7. doi: 10.1039/d5em00274e. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40773167
Hearing aid acquisition patterns among US Veterans who use VA health care. Coco L, Shields L, Phillips R, Pesa S, Hamilton-Sutherland M, Carlson KF, Konrad-Martin DL, Reavis KM. J Rural Health. 2025 Jun;41(3):e70068. doi: 10.1111/jrh.70068. PMID: 40820402
Immunogenicity of adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with upadacitinib: 60-week results from a randomised controlled trial substudy.Winthrop KL, Klaff J, Penn SK, Liu Y, García C, Mysler E, Wells AF, Bu X, Fish I, Chen M, Cunningham AL. RMD Open. 2025 Aug 12;11(3):e005521. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2025-005521. PMID: 40803820
Differences in pre-surgical baseline tear proteome are associated with persistent post-refractive surgery pain. Harkness BM, Chen S, Reddy AP, Kim K, Hegarty DM, Everist SJ, Saugstad JA, Lapidus J, Galor A, Aicher SA. Ocul Surf. 2025 Aug 10;38:219-229. doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2025.08.001. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40796075
Gestational weight change patterns in pregnant people with obesity class I, II, and III receiving care from community-based health care centers. Tran ST, Booman A, Marino M, O’Malley J, Palma A, Schmidt T, Lyon-Scott K, Snowden JM, Springer R, Stratton K, Vesco KK, Boone-Heinonen J. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 9;110:95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.08.005. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40789395
Gregory A, Anderson KM, Loftus H, Baudier RL, Wilson JL, Hogarth P, et al. Prospective 5-year natural history study of infantile PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2025;00:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.16464
Shi, Palumbo MC, Benware S, Wiedrick J, Markwardt S, Janowsky A. Specific GPCRs elicit unique extracellular vesicle miRNA array signatures. eLife Cell Biology. Version 1: 18 August 2025. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.107865
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 Aug 18;60(16):2177-2191.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.03.014. Epub 2025 Apr 21. PMID: 40262610
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Virtual Research Career, Education, and Training Fair
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is excited to host the third annual Virtual Research Career, Education, and Training Fair on...
OHSU Health Literacy Symposium
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Innovating for Better Results in Health Care, Education, and Research The 2025 OHSU Health Literacy Symposium will highlight health...