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Health research funding continues to lag for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Clinical research funding continues to lag for the U.S. population of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, even though the nation’s largest biomedical funding agency has pledged to prioritize research on diverse populations, a new study from Oregon State University shows.

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Alumni Public Health

We see the big picture when we stand on the shoulders of giants

New assistant vice provost buoyed by two generations of public health mentors.

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News Nutrition

Professor to examine food hardship

Stephanie Grutzmacher has been awarded a new grant from the USDA Economic Research Service to examine food hardship and SNAP utilization among older adults in Oregon.

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Advocating for health locally and globally

Diana Rohlman, assistant research professor, was recently invited to speak at a workshop in New Delhi, India about her work on community engagement and disaster response research. The Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) center is a global center using participatory research and training to build capacity of citizens, communities and institutions to enable vibrant, gender-equal […]

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Aluma receives distinction in research award

Margaret Jo (Meg) Henning, PhD ’10, is an associate professor of public health at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She was selected by the college for this year’s Faculty Distinction in Research and Scholarship Award. Meg’s graduate mentor was CPHHS Professor Chunhuei Chi.

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Public Health Students

What is global health?

When I tell people that I’m obtaining my doctoral degree in public health with a global health concentration, I often get a puzzled look. “What does global health even mean?” I care deeply about the field and while I can spend most of my time talking about it, there are three main points that I […]