Tag: Veronica Irvin

Public health experts find severe crisis among Oregon health care workforce

Post author By CPHHS Marcomm
Post date February 2, 2023

Recommendations provided on how to meet the needs of patients and communities throughout Oregon and eliminate health inequities

Tags Alex Kaiser, Collin Peterson, Jeff Luck, Public Health, Research, Tao Li, Veronica Irvin

Community Engagement Features HDFS Kinesiology News Public Health

Nearly $5M grant to establish children’s environmental health research center at Oregon State

Post author By CPHHS Marcomm
Post date January 26, 2022

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.

Tags ASP3IRE Center, Hallie E. Ford Center, Megan Macdonald, Megan McClelland, Molly Kile, OCHI, Oregon Center for Health Innovation, Perry Hystad, Veronica Irvin

Health Tips Public Health

What’s in your water?

Post author By CPHHS Marcomm
Post date January 13, 2022

College and Extension faculty share the ins and outs of ensuring your drinking water is safe. The big takeaway: Arsenic, nitrate and lead are tasteless, odorless and invisible. The only way to know if they are present is to test your water using a certified laboratory.

Tags Chrissy Lucas, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Promotion and Health Behavior, Molly Kile, Public Health, Public Health Insider, Veronica Irvin

Public Health Research

Interval breast cancer: A conversation with Professor Veronica Irvin

Post author By Alexis Croisdale
Post date October 6, 2021

Veronica Irvin looks toward the left while standing outside an emergency drive up for a hospital

A behavioral epidemiologist, Veronica wants women to learn from women with interval breast cancer about the symptoms and any barriers to seeing a doctor or getting appropriate care.

Tags Public Health, Research, Veronica Irvin, Women's health

Features News Public Health Research

OSU heart disease study highlights need for more data on Asian American, Pacific Islander groups

Post author By Alexis Croisdale
Post date October 5, 2021

a close up of a heart monitor screen in a hospital

A study on cardiovascular disease among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders revealed more about the lack of scientific literature on racial and ethnic groups with small populations than about the overall risk factors and heart disease rates.