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Community Engagement Public Health

Retrospective: Our response to COVID-19

Jeff Bethel with two students in Newport

CPHHS faculty and staff reflect on the college’s outreach efforts

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Community Engagement HDFS News Research

Post-2020 wildfires, Santiam Canyon residents burned out by trauma, red tape

Residents are struggling to find housing, wrestling with government bureaucracy and worried about toxins in the water, air and soil, all while burdened by the trauma of losing their homes.

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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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Community Engagement Features Public Health Research Students

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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Faculty and Staff Features Public Health

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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Alumni Features Public Health

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.