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Nearly $5M grant to establish children’s environmental health research center at Oregon State

The OSU center will be housed in the university’s Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families within the College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

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Center for Health Innovation connects students with the community for hands-on learning and outreach

Surge bench students Sarra Hawash, Marisol De La Torre, Shahad Almahdi and Tia McPharlin take time out with Sandi Phibbs at a max vaccination event.
Surge bench students Sarra Hawash, Marisol De La Torre, Shahad Almahdi and Tia McPharlin take time out with Sandi Phibbs at a max vaccination event.

Since August 2020, a talented team of students in OSU’s Center for Health Innovation have provided “surge” support to local public health departments in response to COVID-19.

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Getting to know Sandi Phibbs

Sandi Phibbs

Meet CPHHS’ Sandi Phibbs, who teaches online MPH students and supports OCHI as a manager of innovation, evaluation and research.

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Same science, more people: Public health degrees give students an edge when pursuing medical school

Male stands outside building and has an illustration of a stethoscope around his neck

Biology isn’t the only major for future doctors. CPHHS alumni share how their degrees in public health helped them stand out when applying to medical school.

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Reaching out to underserved communities on the coast

Dusti Linnell

When a seafood processor in Newport, Oregon was hit with a large outbreak of the coronavirus virus, FCH Extension Service faculty got to work.

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A soft place to land

Allison Myers

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.