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College offers flu education to community groups

Posted 11/16/2009

Ohio State's College of Public Health is offering H1N1 education to community groups in a coordinated effort with Columbus Public Health to prevent the spread of influenza.

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New food center focuses on supply, policy, safety

Posted 11/13/2009

The College of Public Health is one of a dozen colleges at The Ohio State University collaborating on the formation of a new food center that will address global issues in food supply, food policy, and nutrition and health.

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CPH Professor testifies on dating violence bill

Posted 11/02/2009

CPH Professor testifies in Ohio Senate on dating violence bill.

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College of Public Health at APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Philadelphia.

Posted 10/30/2009

Many faculty, staff, students and alumni of the Ohio State College of Public Health are heading to the American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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CPH alumnus appointed to chair of OSU Alumni Association's Board of Directors

Posted 10/12/2009

College of Public Health alumnus Joseph F. Damore was recently elected chair of the Ohio State Alumni Association's Board of Directors.

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Loebs Professor makes an impact in first month

Posted 10/12/2009

The college's first holder of the Loebs Professorship, Thomas Wickizer, PhD, MPH, is already making an impact at Ohio State in just his first month on campus.

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Alumni institute focuses on health care leadership

Posted 10/09/2009

The Health Services Management and Policy (HSMP) Alumni Society will host its annual Management Institute, a full-day professional and leadership development event, Oct. 23 2009.

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Plummer scholarship awarded to physicist

Posted 10/09/2009

The College of Public Health in conjunction with the College of Public Health Alumni Society announces the 2009 recipient of the Mary Plummer Memorial Scholarship.

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Diversity Lecture Series presented by HSMP Alumni

Posted 10/06/2009

The College of Public Health's Health Services Management and Policy Alumni Society is pleased to announce its 2009 Health Care Disparities and Diversity Leadership Lecture Series.

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Environmental health student presents at conference in Canada

Posted 10/05/2009

Paul Rosile, a PhD student in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, presented a research project at the fifth annual Canadian Residual and Biosolids Conference sponsored by the Water Environment Association of Ontario.

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Center for HOPES undertakes project to benefit Latino workers

Posted 09/21/2009

The Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies is the lead organization for evaluating the Employed Latino Health Initiative, a two-year project launched in December 2007.

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Diesel exhaust linked to cancer development via new blood vessel growth

Posted 09/02/2009

"Exposure to diesel exhaust for just a short time period of two months could give even normal tissue the potential to develop a tumor" says Qinghua Sun.

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Managing public health crises through a virtual world

Posted 08/21/2009

A new training simulation program enables public health practitioners to get hands-on experience in a virtual world similar to Second Life.

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Farmers market serves more than 9,500 customers

Posted 08/18/2009

More than 9,500 people attended the 2009 Public Health Farmers' Market, co-sponsored by the College of Public Health, Columbus Public Health Department and the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

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Center leader to present at Mass Fatality Planning conference

Posted 08/14/2009

Hurricane Katrina, possible pandemics, and man-made emergencies are prime examples of the need to prepare for mass fatalities at the federal, state and local levels.

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College of Public Health co-sponsors downtown farmers' market

Posted 07/28/2009

The College of Public Health is again partnering with Columbus Public Health and the Ohio Department of Agriculture to offer a summertime farmers' market in downtown Columbus.

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Center for Public Health Practice to hold Leadership and Management Institute, Aug. 5-6

Posted 07/07/2009

The Center for Public Health Practice will hold its annual Leadership and Management Institute on Aug. 5 and 6 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 350 N. High St., Columbus.

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CPH introduces Center for Public Health Practice

Posted 07/01/2009

The Office of Workforce Development, within the Ohio State University College of Public Health, is the new Center for Public Health Practice as of July 1.

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Free online course in disaster preparedness now available to nurses

Posted 06/29/2009

The Center for Public Health Practice, within The Ohio State University College of Public Health, is offering a free, online course to nurses on how to prepare, respond and recover from public health disasters, such as infectious disease outbreaks and floods.

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College celebrates 2009 graduating class

Posted 06/22/2009

The College celebrated the 74 individuals in the 2009 graduating class at the College of Public Health (CPH) commencement luncheon on Friday, June 12.

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Two CPH students receive state, national honors

Posted 06/07/2009

Two College of Public Health students recently received honors at the state and national levels. John Billington, pursuing a joint JD/MPH degree, just won the ASPH Public Health Policy Fellowship, and Kristen Force, an MPH student, received the 2009 Ohio SOPHE scholarship.

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Study: Smoking bans do not cause job losses in bars, restaurants

Posted 05/18/2009

New public health research suggests that exempting bars from community smoking bans makes no economic difference in terms of preserving bar employment, and that even the most comprehensive clean indoor air policies do not lead to a reduction in hospitality jobs.

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Paskett leads research on colorectal cancer

Posted 05/18/2009

Electra Paskett, Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research in the College's Division of Epidemiology, is leading a team of researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, who are testing ways to improve colorectal cancer screening participation among patients age 50 and older who are treated within the OSU Primary Care Network.

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Recent gifts put students first

Posted 05/11/2009

Two philanthropic gifts to Ohio State's College of Public Health will help attract the best and brightest students.

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College of Public Health making a difference

Posted 05/11/2009

The College of Public Health exceeded its participation goal in the Campus Campaign, the annual fundraising effort for faculty and staff at The Ohio State University.

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West Side Story - Environmental health comes to the forefront in Columbus community

Posted 05/05/2009

Bug bites. Skin rashes. Breathing problems. Kim Carpenter, a school nurse who works on Columbus' West Side, knows that these common childhood ailments can be signs of a much-larger problem in the school's surrounding community.

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New graduate specialization in global health

Posted 05/04/2009

Graduate and professional students with an interest in global health and more focused study around the topic may now apply for the new Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Global Health (GISGH) program offered by the Health Sciences Center for Global Health.

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H1N1 outbreak offers teachable moment for professors

Posted 05/01/2009

Faculty in the College of Public Health are using the current H1N1 influenza outbreak to bring some lessons home for their students.

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Weghorst talks cancer prevention at bike race event

Posted 04/27/2009

Chris Weghorst, assoc. professor in CPH, will speak 5/7 with Pres. Gee to spread awareness about Pelotonia bike race for cancer research.

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Steinman's research on family violence benefits national program for victims

Posted 04/20/2009

Kenneth Steinman, clinical assistant professor in the College's Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, is using data from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to help state agencies understand the scope and consequences of domestic violence across Ohio.

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Childhood obesity research earns widespread recognition

Posted 04/17/2009

Sarah Anderson, assistant professor in the College's Division of Epidemiology, has received significant local and national media attention for her groundbreaking research on childhood obesity.

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Presentation: 'Islamic perspectives on public health'

Posted 04/13/2009

MPH alumnus and current PhD student Yosef Khan will be presenting "Cleanliness = ½ of Faith: Islamic Perspectives on Public Health."

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Health care reform headlines Midland Lecture

Posted 04/08/2009

Lawrence D. Brown, Ph.D., will deliver the Midland Lecture titled, "Perhaps We Can: Prospects for Health Care Reform in the Age of Obama" on Tuesday (4/14), 1:45 to 3:00 p.m., 1183 Postle Hall.

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Thinking Globally: College of Public Health digs deeper into global health

Posted 04/06/2009

Researchers and students in the College of Public Health are advancing knowledge about global health. They're visiting places such as Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Sichuan Province in China and the Republic of Uganda in East Africa to learn how these and other remote areas in the world are impacted by public health threats such as limited access to quality health care.

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Paskett elected president of Preventive Oncology Society

Posted 03/16/2009

Electra Paskett, associate director of Population Sciences at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, was elected president of the American Society of Preventive Oncology. The society promotes cancer prevention and control research.

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Attention students: CDC has job openings in its Immunization Services Division

Posted 03/04/2009

A representative from the Ohio Department of Health's Bureau of Infectious Disease Control and Immunization Program will visit the College of Public Health on March 10 to inform students about four job openings in the Centers for Disease Control’s Immunization Services Division.

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Beyond diet and exercise: College of Public Health researchers examine alternative causes of childhood obesity

Posted 02/26/2009

Researchers at the College of Public Health are studying the causes of childhood obesity and ways to prevent it.

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Three College of Public Health alumni featured in 'Modern Healthcare'

Posted 02/19/2009

Three alumni from the college's Master of Health Administration program were featured in the Feb. 9 issue of 'Modern Healthcare.'

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National Public Health Performance Standards Program Training coming to Columbus

Posted 02/10/2009

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will offer its annual free training workshop for the National Public Health Performance Standards Program, April 14-15 in downtown Columbus at the Renaissance Hotel.

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Chicago dinner, Ohio State hockey game part of alumni events

Posted 02/05/2009

Pizza and a hockey game with the College of Public Health Alumni Society, Feb. 21. The ice may be cold, but the Ohio State Men’s Hockey team is red hot.

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College of Public Health epidemiology professor named AAAS Fellow

Posted 01/12/2009

Randall E. Harris, professor in the College of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology, was recently elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest scientific organization.

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Wickizer appointed to Loebs Professorship

Posted 01/12/2009

The College of Public Health will enhance its in-house expertise on health services research and health policy with the appointment of Thomas M. Wickizer, PhD, MPH, as its first Stephen F. Loebs Professor in the College's Division of Health Services Management and Policy.

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2009 Doctoral Studies Research Training Award applications sought

Posted 12/17/2008

The Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies (Center for HOPES) at The Ohio State University College of Public Health is accepting applications for the 2009 Doctoral Studies Research Training Award for study leading to the PhD degree.

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College of Public Health announces third Grand Rounds event

Posted 12/03/2008

The College of Public Health will hold its third Grand Rounds event in coordination with Columbus Public Health on Dec. 12.

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College presents third Grand Rounds event

Posted 11/25/2008

"Columbus Public Health: 175th Anniversary Gathering," will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the Columbus Public Health Auditorium, 240 Parsons Ave.

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Xin He, PhD, receives 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award

Posted 11/25/2008

Xin He, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Public Health’s Division of Biostatistics, is the recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award.

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College of Public Health professor receives Google Research Award, $75,000 grant

Posted 11/25/2008

Sharon Schweikhart, associate professor in the College of Public Health's Division of Health Services Management and Policy and director of the MHA program, is part of a three-person research team to win a Google Research Award.

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College of Public Health Dean and other faculty present at APHA conference

Posted 11/04/2008

College of Public Health Dean Stanley Lemeshow presented the Lowell Reed Lecture at the Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting last week. Approximately 75 people attended the lecture on assessing the scale of continuous covariates in logistic regression modeling.

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College of Public Health Alumni Society kicks off lunch-and-learn series

Posted 11/04/2008

Enjoy a free pizza lunch while listening to a panel discussion presented by three OSU alumni who are now working in the field of public in Columbus.

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Kamiar Alaei, a public health student, detained in Iran

Posted 11/04/2008

College of Public Health Dean Stanley Lemeshow is joining other college of public health deans in expressing concern for Kamiar Alaei, a public health student from the University of Albany’s School of Public Health, who was arrested in his home country of Iran and has been held without official charges since then.

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All in a day's work Public health faculty study occupational safety and effects on health

Posted 10/06/2008

Public health faculty study occupational safety, effects on health.

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College of Public Health welcomes new faculty in 2008

Posted 10/06/2008

New faculty join divisions of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences and Health Behavior and Health Promotion.

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