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
School of Public Health Research
Building Healthy Populations
$17.5 M Research Funding
Received in FY22
60+ Faculty Members
Conducting Research
220 Faculty Publications
Publications in FY22
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. 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
Announcing Dr. Joseph Needoba as interim Associate Dean of Research
Dr. Joseph Needoba is named the new interim Associate Dean of Research at the School of Public Health. Dr. Needoba...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
February 2025
Reiss LA, Johnson AJ, Eddolls MS, Hartling CL, Fowler JR, Stark GN, … & Oh Y. Binaural Fusion Sharpens on a Scale of Octaves During Pre-adolescence in Children with Normal Hearing, Hearing Aids, and Bimodal Cochlear Implants, but not Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1–17. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-025-00975-4
Peters B, …, Wiedrick J, …. 2025. RSVP keyboard with inquiry preview: mixed performance and user experience with an adaptive, multimodal typing interface combining EEG and switch input. Journal of Neural Engineering. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ada8e0
Gladen-Kolarsky N, Neff CJ, Hack W, Brandes MS, Wiedrick J, Meza-Romero R, Lockwood DR, Quinn JF, Offner H, Vandenbark AA, Gray NE. 2025. The CD74 inhibitor DRhQ improves short-term memory and mitochondrial function in 5xFAD mouse model of Aβ accumulation. Metabolic Brain Disease. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-024-01433-5
Geduldig A, Srikanth P, Devoe M, Bruno R, Edwards ST, Saha S, Chan B.. Baseline Housing Stability Positively Impacts the Effect of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit on Decreasing Hospitalization Rates. J Gen Intern Med. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09361-5
Methods for modeling gestational weight gain: empirical application using electronic health record data from a safety net population. Booman A, Vesco KK, Springer R, Dinh D, Liu S, Lyon-Scott K, Marino M, O’Malley J, Palma A, Schmidt T, Snowden JM, Stratton K, Tran ST, Boone-Heinonen J. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Jan 17;25(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-07139-5. PMID: 39825224
Use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and risk of multiple myeloma in US Veterans with rheumatoid arthritis. Tokareva K, Peterson AC, Baraff A, Chung SP, Barton J, Baker JF, England BR, Mikuls TR, Smith NL, Coffey DG, Weiss NS, Singh N. BMC Rheumatol. 2025 Jan 17;9(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s41927-025-00457-3. PMID: 39819734
Association of Severe Maternal Morbidity With Subsequent Birth. Tsamantioti E, Sandström A, Lindblad Wollmann C, Snowden JM, Razaz N. JAMA. 2025 Jan 14;333(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.20957. PMID: 39585679
Receipt of medications for opioid use disorder among rural and urban veterans health administration patients. Reynolds OC, Carlson KF, Gordon AJ, Handley RL, Morasco BJ, Korthuis TP, Lovejoy TI, Wyse JJ. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2024 Dec 14;14:100311. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100311. eCollection 2025 Mar. PMID: 39845270
Neighborhood socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence following a hypothetical intervention to increase residential greenspace cover in the UK Biobank cohort. Liu K, Iyer HS, Lu Y, Laden F, Song M, Roscoe C. Environ Res. 2025 Feb 1;266:120387. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120387. Epub 2024 Nov 19. PMID: 39566677
Spirometry Versus Forced Oscillation to Assess Lung Function Outcome at 5 Years of Age. Tepper RS, Milner K, Harris J, Lee B, Cunningham M, Tiller C, Shorey-Kendrick LE, Schilling D, Brownsberger J, MacDonald K, Vu A, Park BS, Spindel ER, Morris CD, McEvoy CT. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan;60(1):e27415. doi: 10.1002/ppul.27415. Epub 2024 Nov 20. PMID: 39565207
Co-created improvement goals and strategies for implementing SBIRT and MAUD in primary care settings in a facilitator-supported, tailored implementation study. Kenzie ES, Weekley T, Barnes C, Seater M, Sánchez V, Hatch BA, Coury J, Davis MM. Transl Behav Med. 2025 Jan 16;15(1):ibae059. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibae059
Pulmonary Complications of Biological Therapies in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases. Yeo AL, Winthrop KL. Clin Chest Med. 2025 Mar;46(1):169-183. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2024.10.013. Epub 2024 Nov 29. PMID: 39890287
Safety and efficacy of filgotinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: final results of the DARWIN 3 long-term extension study. Westhovens R, Winthrop KL, Kavanaugh A, Greenwald M, Dagna L, Cseuz R, Besuyen R, de Vries D, Modgill V, Le LH, Genovese MC, Emery P, Verschueren P, Alten R. RMD Open. 2025 Jan 30;11(1):e004857. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024-004857. PMID: 39884731
The role of greenspace in vitamin D status: cross-sectional, observational evidence from the UK Biobank. Odebeatu CC, Darssan D, Revez JA, Roscoe C, Do P, Reid S, Osborne NJ. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2025 Mar;264:114502. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114502. Epub 2024 Dec 6. PMID: 39644736
Economic Insecurities and Mental Health Among Low-Income Pregnant People in the Central Valley Region of California. Zahid N, Blebu B, Felder J, McCulloch CE, Chambers BD, Curry VC, Carraway K, León-Martínez D, Coleman-Phox K, Kuppermann M, Karasek D. Womens Health Issues. 2025 Feb 19:S1049-3867(25)00006-4. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2025.01.006. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39979154
Risk of Hospitalization Among Assisted Living Residents Dually Enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. Cornell PY, Gadkari G, Hua CL, Smith L, Johnson A, Schwartz L, Rahman M, Thomas KS. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Feb;26(2):105421. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105421. Epub 2024 Dec 27. PMID: 39694468
Early childhood weight trajectory differences in twins, singletons, and gestational-age matched singletons. Booman A, Foster BA, Lyon-Scott K, Marino M, Snowden JM, Boone-Heinonen J. Prev Med Rep. 2025 Jan 24;50:102984. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.102984. eCollection 2025 Feb. PMID: 39974658
Choosing Wisely: Effectiveness and Safety of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Close Contacts of Invasive Group A Streptococci Infection. Birck MG, Moura CS, Winthrop KL, Machado MAA, Neville A, Bernatsky S. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 24;80(2):314-315. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae524. PMID: 39589137
Goal-directed action preparation in humans entails a mixture of corticospinal neural computations. Wadsley CG, Nguyen T, Horton C, Greenhouse I. J Physiol. 2025 Feb 13. doi: 10.1113/JP287939. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39949052
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 Feb 13. doi: 10.1002/ohn.1153. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39945566
Early detection of pancreatic cancer by a high-throughput protease-activated nanosensor assay. Montoya Mira JL, Quentel A, Patel RK, Keith D, Sousa M, Minnier J, Kingston BR, David L, Esener SC, Sears RC, Lopez CD, Sheppard BC, Demirci U, Wong MH, Fischer JM. Sci Transl Med. 2025 Feb 12;17(785):eadq3110. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adq3110. Epub 2025 Feb 12. PMID: 39937880
Efficacy of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases-a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international expert consensus statement. Konzett V, Smolen JS, Nash P, Aletaha D, Winthrop K, Dörner T, Fleischmann R, Tanaka Y, Primdahl J, Baraliakos X, McInnes IB, Trauner M, Sattar N, de Wit M, Schoones JW, Kerschbaumer A. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Feb 10:S0003-4967(25)00079-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.01.023. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39934019
Safety of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases-a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international expert consensus statement. Konzett V, Smolen JS, Nash P, Winthrop K, Aletaha D, Dörner T, Fleischmann R, Tanaka Y, Primdahl J, Baraliakos X, McInnes IB, Trauner M, Sattar N, de Wit M, Schoones JW, Kerschbaumer A. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Feb 10:S0003-4967(25)00080-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.01.024. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39934016
They called it. Reed J. Emerg Med J. 2025 Jan 30:emermed-2024-214749. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2024-214749. PMID: 39884842
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BERD Linking public health datasets: Why data linking may do more harm than good, and how governance can help
VIRTUAL Portland, OR, United StatesBERD is offering a brand-new seminar in our data equity series: SPH faculty member Kathleen Conte will speak on the...