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CPHHS students reflect on one year of TRACE-COVID-19

Public health students reflect on their involvement with Oregon State’s TRACE-COVID-19 project, which has sampled communities to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in Oregon for over a year.

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Alumni Features HDFS

Graduate turns practicum into career helping Corvallis homeless

Regan Benitez, BS ’21, always knew she wanted to work with people and make a difference. A practicum working with the homeless gave her the chance.

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Alumni Features Students

Scholarships support work that matters – and those who get it done

Barbara and Dave Underriner, ’81, recently created the first endowed public health scholarship in the CPHHS at Oregon State University, providing funding to students to reduce the financial barrier to obtaining their degree.

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Features Research Students

Inside the mind of student HDFS researcher Shelbie Turner

How much do the goals you have throughout your life impact your health in later years? Shelbie Turner, a PhD student studying human development and family sciences, is seeking answers.

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Faculty and Staff Features Public Health

A soft place to land

Trailblazer left everything – to be part of something. OCHI director Allison Myers reflects on the center’s success, including a mental health initiative, a food security project, COVID-19 outreach and receiving OPHA’s emerging leader award.

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Alumni Features HDFS

Ex-Beavers running back worked toward his HDFS degree online while playing in the NFL

Jacquizz Rodgers, former Beaver football player and NFL running back, recently graduated with a degree in human development and family sciences