“I believe that the people that we need to be most engaged are healthcare providers,” she says. “My ultimate career goal is to run a hospital and help reduce burnout among healthcare providers.”
Preliminary results of a second round of door-to-door sampling by Oregon State University in Newport suggest a significantly lower prevalence of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 on July 11-12 than compared to a similar sampling three weeks earlier. The sampling found an estimated community prevalence of six in 1,000. The initial sampling on June […]
Prior to 2020, Professor Chunhuei Chi in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences had only been interviewed in the media twice. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chunhuei has logged 123 interviews with journalists from around the world, sometimes fielding five requests per day. On top of that, he has been a speaker on […]
Four months ago, most of us couldn’t have imagined how our work life would be altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially Robin Maille. Robin wears several hats as an assistant professor of practice in the Oregon State University Extension Service Family and Community Health Program. She oversees nutrition education in Union and Baker counties, the […]
TRACE-COVID-19, Oregon State University’s project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus, will sample community members in Hermiston this weekend, July 25-26, at the request of the Oregon Health Authority and Umatilla County Public Health in response to an outbreak of cases in county workplaces. “OHA appreciates the OSU TRACE team’s willingness to conduct […]
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What influences your health? Why do health disparities exist among people in the same community? What does a place have to do with health? What can we do to ensure health and well-being for all? CPHHS Assistant Professor Kari-Lyn Sakuma tackled these questions and more in “A public health crisis: Factors that impact your health outcomes,” which you can watch on the college’s […]