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Public Health Research

Public Health and Sea Grant researchers partner with fishing communities to help prevent commercial crabbing injuries

Oregon State and community researchers are joining forces with commercial crabbers to develop injury prevention efforts so the latter can stay safe on the job.

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Alumni Public Health Research

Alum works to ensure the health and safety of health care workers, patients

“I realized at an early age that I genuinely cared about the well-being of people,” says CPHHS alum Josiah Roldan, who currently serves as safety and emergency preparedness program manager for Oregon State Hospital. “The public health career field allowed me to follow my passion.”

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Community Engagement Public Health

Video – TEAM OREGON instructors: “This is not just a job, it’s an adventure”

Many tend to view their job as “work” – but not TEAM OREGON instructors. For these professionals, work is a time to connect with the community, teach others how to ride a motorcycle and most importantly, ensure the safety of motorcyclists and car drivers alike.

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Alumni Public Health

Q&A with MPH ’09 alum Grady Maxwell

“I’m part of an agency that strives to improve human health through preserving the Earth’s land, air and water from contamination. This is achieved by researching environmental impacts to establish regulations that protect present and future generations,” Grady says.

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News Research

Childhood asthma linked to lack of ventilation for gas stoves, OSU study shows

Parents with children at home should use ventilation when cooking with a gas stove, researchers from Oregon State University are recommending, after a new study showed an association between gas kitchen stove ventilation and asthma, asthma symptoms and chronic bronchitis.

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Research

CPHHS researcher receives NIH award

Perry Hystad, an assistant professor of environmental and occupational health in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at OSU, is one of 17 winners of the NIH’s 2014 Early Independence Award.