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HDFS Research

Busy summer spent working on her PROMISE

Cheyla Moranchel’s summer was full of PROMISE. The CPHHS Public Health and Human Development and Family Sciences junior participated in the 10-week paid internship program and gained valuable experience and knowledge about child poverty in Oregon.

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News Research

Preschoolers’ motor skill development connected to school readiness

Fine and gross motor skill development is indicative of later performance on two key measures of kindergarten readiness.

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Alumni Public Health

Surfer-scholar rides the wave

Surfer-scholar Logan Weeks, who is studying kinesiology and public health, is the recipient of OSU’s most prestigious merit scholarship.

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Features

A welcome ascent

Long gone are Physical Activity Course Program (PAC) instructor Cressey Merrill’s days of traveling to Eugene and then hauling his student’s equipment in the bed of his pickup truck for the trip back to OSU

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Research

College physical activity expert shares research with Oregon State Senate

It was a whirlwind of a week for College of Public Health and Human Sciences Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Kathy Gunter. But the physical activity expert walked out of the experience knowing that she and her colleagues had made an impact on key stakeholders involved with House Bill 3141.

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Alumni

Rising food star shares ease of healthy eating on Dr. Oz show

Alumna Rachael DeVaux is living her passion and showing her followers that healthy eating can be simple, delicious and wholesome.