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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.

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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.

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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

November 2025

Medicaid Mechanisms and State Licensure: Pathways to Payment in Assisted Living. Gunderson R, Smith L, Cornell PY, Carder P, Thomas K. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Oct 28:105961. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105961. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41173461

Linking Molecular Diversity to Electron Transfer Capacity of Soil Dissolved Organic Matter: Role of Molecular Composition and Structure. Ye Q, Li R, Hudson JM, Tratnyek PG, Zhu L, Xiao J, Liu F, Shi Z. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Oct 27. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c08523. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41140045

Applying the One Health approach to study the policy and institutional determinants to control and prevent zoonoses in a low-resource setting. Dumet L, Kenzie ES, Merino V, Cruz V, Atto R, Vilchez P, O’Neal S, Goodman J. Health Res Policy Syst. 2025 Nov 6;23(1):148. doi: 10.1186/s12961-025-01408-7. PMID: 41199364

Consensus on Management of Refractory Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease. Moreira-Sousa D, Martins B, Aguiar A, Pinheiro M, Akkerman O, Aksamit TR, Aliberti S, Andrejak C, Daley CL, van Ingen J, Lange C, Lipman M, Loebinger MR, Jankovic Makek M, Morimoto K, Thomson RM, Wagner D, Winthrop KL, Yim JJ, Duarte R. Eur Respir J. 2025 Nov 6:2500400. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00400-2025. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41198394

A systematic review of tetracyclines for nontuberculous mycobacteria: focus on rapidly growing mycobacteria. Daley CL, Flume PA, van Ingen J, Khare R, Mingora CM, Nguyen MH, Winthrop KL, Zha BS. Eur Respir Rev. 2025 Nov 5;34(178):250038. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0038 2025. Print 2025 Oct. PMID: 41193247

Linking Molecular Diversity to Electron Transfer Capacity of Soil Dissolved Organic Matter: Role of Molecular Composition and Structure. Ye Q, Li R, Hudson JM, Tratnyek PG, Zhu L, Xiao J, Liu F, Shi Z. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Nov 4;59(43):23289-23301. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c08523. Epub 2025 Oct 27. PMID: 41140045

Nitridated Iron-Based (Nano)Materials for Environmental Remediation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance. Gong L, Chen J, He F, Brumovský M, Filip J, Tratnyek PG. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Nov 14. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c10601. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41238205

Qualitative Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach Using Patient Navigation to Follow-Up Colonoscopy in Rural Primary Care Practices.Myers E, Coury J, Carbuccia-Abbott M, Petrik AF, Durr R, Thompson JH, Kenzie ES, Coronado GD, Davis MM. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Nov 6;17(21):3590. doi: 10.3390/cancers17213590. PMID: 41228381

Personalized versus fixed tactile cueing in Parkinson’s disease: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial on gait automaticity. Burgos PI, Liu W, Silva-Batista C, Baker-Alcalá F, Carlson-Kuhta P, King LA, Horak FB, Chung KA, Lapidus JA, Mancini M. PLoS One. 2025 Nov 21;20(11):e0336859. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336859. eCollection 2025. PMID: 41270079

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 IL-17 or IL-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. 2025 Nov 17:S0190-9622(25)03232-3. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2025.11.033. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41260526

Trends in Private Equity Acquisitions of Assisted Living Facilities. Bunker JN, Singh Y, Gadkari G, Bowblis J, Smith L, Carder P, Huang S, Rahman M, Thomas KS. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Nov 3;8(11):e2543864. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.43864. PMID: 41247737

Age-related severity of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease is mediated by aberrant macrophage responses and lung microbial dysbiosis. Napier EG, Doratt BM, Cinco IR, Stuart EV, Geron RD, Davies MH, Malherbe DC, Kohama SG, Bermudez L, Winthrop KL, Fuss C, Spindel ER, Messaoudi I. J Infect. 2025 Nov;91(5):106626. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106626. Epub 2025 Oct 10. PMID: 41077197

Persistent use of amikacin liposome inhalation suspension associated with lower risk of hospitalizations and emergency room visits in refractory Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease. Winthrop KL, Waweru C, Welch E, Wang P, Markson LE. Respir Med. 2025 Nov-Dec;249:108406. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108406. Epub 2025 Oct 9. PMID: 41067294

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