Faculty

As soon as September, e-cigarette companies may have to prove the safety of their products to the U.S.

At a virtual staff retreat, professor Ashley Felix and staff member Todd Thobe were named as recipients of the college's 2020 Excellence in Teaching and Employee of the Year awards. 

Deeming racism a public health crisis was a new approach to acknowledging systemic inequities and obstacles in 2020, but within public health research and advocacy, racism’s broad and devastating impact on Black Americans has long been well-recognized.

Professor emeritus of biostatistics Melvin “Mel” Moeschberger, PhD, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 9, at his home in Fishers, Indiana, at the age of 78.

After receiving a BS in mathematics and chemistry from Taylor University, an MS in mathematics from Ohio University and a PhD in statistics from North Carolina State University, and following 10 years of teaching at the University of Missouri, Moeschberger accepted a position at The Ohio State University in 1980 where he served as a professor of biostatistics for 27 years.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1923 and having studied at Yeshiva University, NYU and Cornell, Dr. Keller became a nationally recognized epidemiologist and professor who played a critical role in the formation of what is now The Ohio State University College of Public Health. 

You’re a Buckeye alum who pursued your doctorate at the University of Minnesota. What brought you back to Ohio State?

I grew up in this midwestern, urban culture, and both my family and my wife’s family live in Cincinnati. When I decided to keep doing biostatistics in academia, we began looking at places that have a similar culture and would allow us to easily get back to see our families on a regular basis. Out of our options, Ohio State’s biostatistics department was the best fit.