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
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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
Gov. Brown, OHSU, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health partner on research study to inform approach for re-opening Oregon
To better understand the prevalence and transmission patterns of COVID-19 across the state — with attention to vulnerable communities, including...Read More
SPH Students Co-Author New Study On Assisted Living Facilities During COVID-19
Taylor Bucy, an MPH student in the Health Management and Policy program, was the lead author, with co-authors Lindsey Smith,...Read More
Cross-sector partnerships present both benefits and risks to health services and human services
Cross-sector partnerships present both benefits and risks to health services and human services organizations when they work together to...Read More
OPB: US Firearm Suicide Rate Reaches Record High
The national age-adjusted suicide rate ticked up slightly in 2018, from 14 per 100,000 people in 2017 to 14.2. The...Read More
Our Alumni: Short-Term Incidence of Sequelae of HCV Infection Among Medicaid Beneficiaries in Oregon
The results of a project led by Ann Thomas, MD, MPH with help from other SPH partners and students has...Read More
Our Alumni: Oregon County Epidemiologist Proves The Value Of Shoe-Leather Epidemiology In Combating Suicide
Oregon epidemiologist Kimberly Repp (SPH alum) has been working for two years to give health departments the best tools in...Read More
Our Faculty: Expert commentary by SPH Faculty Kevin Winthrop: Influenza vaccination in RA patients
Infectious disease specialist Kevin Winthrop comments on the study by Inés Colmegna and colleagues looking at the effects of a...Read More
Podcast: What’s work got to do with it?
At the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, we are excited to announce the launch of a...Read More