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CPHHS students reflect on one year of TRACE-COVID-19

Public health students reflect on their involvement with Oregon State’s TRACE-COVID-19 project, which has sampled communities to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in Oregon for over a year.

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Scholarships support work that matters – and those who get it done

Barbara and Dave Underriner, ’81, recently created the first endowed public health scholarship in the CPHHS at Oregon State University, providing funding to students to reduce the financial barrier to obtaining their degree.

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Public health doctoral alumnus investigates environmental influences on children’s health

Andres Cardenas’s training in environmental and occupational health from Oregon State will help him find the answers

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Racism: What it is, how it affects us and why it’s everyone’s job to do something about it

Bray lecturer Camara Jones addresses racism as a public health crisis

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More pre-med students attracted to public health degrees

Yes, you need science, but the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) added new emphasis in psychology, psycho-social dimensions of health and medical ethics.

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TRACE results suggest 17% of Hermiston community infected with SARS-CoV-2

Preliminary results from random door-to-door TRACE-COVID-19 sampling by Oregon State University last weekend suggest that 17% of the Hermiston community had the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 on July 25-26. “The results of this study are a significant warning,” says Hermiston Mayor David Drotzmann. “We now have a clearer picture of how many people are […]