Public Health at Oregon State is a big tent that covers more than 90 percent of the factors that affect our health and well-being. Our signature strengths are in prevention and wellness across the life-span. Public Health at Oregon State is integrated into each of our degree programs and is found in everything we teach, learn, research, and we serve.
Black urban teenagers from low-income families face a rate of sexually transmitted disease up to 10 times higher than their white counterparts, but recent studies at Oregon State University have identified approaches to prevention programs that might reduce this problem.
In a move that directly aligns with the mission of the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University administrators implemented a new smoke-free policy on the Corvallis campus, effective Sept. 1.
As a midwife in Eugene, Ore., Bonnie Ruder has overseen more than 150 successful homebirths. When she leaves for Uganda with her family in November, she will be investigating circumstances when things don’t go so well.
Officials at Oregon State University’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences believe that the stars are lining up just about perfectly for the college’s increased focus on wellness and preventive care.
Alumnae Lauren Fein has found her passion and her purpose in public health. She’s working with the OSU Extension Service in Hood River, relishing the ‘can do’ attitude of this rural community.