First Anti-Racism Faculty Fellowships Announced
Five proposals have been selected for the inaugural OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH) Anti-Racism Faculty Fellowships, funding faculty-led efforts...Read More
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PhD student Sarah Knipper co-authors paper in international reproductive health journal
Sarah Knipper, a PhD student in the Health System & Policy program, is co-author on “Contraceptive provision in Oregon School-Based...Read More
Sexual, gender minority health researcher has a keen eye on quantitative data
Dr. Jae Downing, assistant professor of Health Policy & Management, explains how interviews provide important interpretive data, including the “why”...Read More
OHSU-PSU School Of Public Health Announces New Associate Dean For Research
Dr. Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD, has been appointed the Associate Dean for Research at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, beginning...Read More
Dreams Of A Beloved Public Health: Confronting White Supremacy In Our Field
Ryan J. Petteway, DrPH, MPH, a social epidemiologist and assistant professor of Health Promotion, writes in his first blog for...Read More
Opinion: Put kids’ needs first by opening schools
In a recent opinion piece in The Oregonian, Alex Foster, MD, MPH, director of the MD/MPH program at the OHSU-PSU...Read More
A Study In Health Equity
Partnership with Oregon Health Authority Provides School of Public Health Students with Hands-On Experience Managing COVID-19 Outbreak By Katy Swordfisk,...Read More
Laura Jacobson: Learning to publish
A PhD student gets her own manuscript published in a peer reviewed journal Faculty-student research collaborations are a critical...Read More
Opinion: Racist rubric underlies COVID-19 care guidelines
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Members of the Multnomah County Public Health Advisory Board, including Dr. Ryan Petteway, assistant professor of Health Promotion...Read More
Poetry As Public Health
Dr. Ryan Petteway, MPH, DrPH, has been writing poetry and music since he was 11 years old, but it wasn’t...Read More
Opinion: We Need a Different Strategy for COVID-19 Testing
Epidemiologist Kevin Winthrop, MD, MPH, is co-author on a new opinion piece in MedPage Today, arguing that public health has...Read More
Self Care in the Midst of a Pandemic with Mind-Body Medicine Skills
We in Public Health hold a unique position during times like this. Self care is critical for our own well...Read More