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Focusing on tribal environmental health

Associate professor of environmental and occupational health Molly Kile helped host the third Tribal Environmental Health Summit.

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Reeling them in

Hayley is interested in how the world works around us.

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Public Health Students

Rohingya refugee crisis: A student perspective

The Rohingya are an ethnic population primarily composed of Muslims. Prior to 2017, they largely resided in the Buddhist-majority nation of Myanmar within a small area called the Rakhine State. Last year, the Myanmar military began a brutal campaign of violence toward the Rohingya in response to an incident of Rohingya-lead violence. The Rohingya population has since fled the violence in Myanmar by crossing the border into Bangladesh.

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Video: Shaking things up

As its platform rattles, the 6-DOF motion platform collects valuable data that is helping CPHHS Assistant Professor Jay Kim and his research team gather information that will reduce whole body vibrations (WBV) in heavy equipment operators.

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Concerned about air quality in Corvallis?

Expert weighs in on questions on many minds concerned with wildfire smoke.

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Workers’ comp claims show rising injuries in seafood processing industry

A review of workers’ compensation claims indicates that workers in Oregon’s seafood processing industry are suffering serious injuries at higher rates than the statewide average, and the rate of injuries appears to be on the rise, researchers at Oregon State University have found.