Kristen Mitchell

Meet Melanie Chen, a second-year master’s student in the biomedical informatics program passionate about genetic science. 

Students in the College of Public Health’s Master of Health Administration program spend spring semester staring down a daunting task: Pulling off the nation’s first entirely student-run case competition, and the only one geared exclusively toward first-year students.

While whipping up a chicken salad in the Nosker House kitchen, first-year student Jade Davis and her classmates can’t stop breaking character. They’ve set the scene: an unsuspecting patron takes a risk on a new restaurant just to get food poisoning—in the middle of a big day of studying, no less. 

A new national report shows the number of abortions in the United States remained consistently elevated in the 18 months following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision compared to pre-Dobbs levels, even as 14 states have banned abortion completely. The report, published Tuesday, also documents how the expansion of telehealth abortion care, which made up 19% of all abortion care nationwide by December 2023, has contributed to this sustained elevated volume. 

Meet Sydney Randall, a second-year MPH health behavior and health promotion student whose work as a music therapist sparked her passion for public health.

A new perspective piece from researchers at the College of Public Health and Ohio State’s Center for Tobacco Research calls on researchers and policymakers to anticipate how the tobacco industry may use loopholes to skirt new rules being considered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reduce harm caused by cigarette smoking.

Two members of the College of Public Health community were honored with the college’s annual Excellence in Teaching and Employee of the Year awards.

Hillary Kummer, a lecturer in the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, received multiple nominations for her hard work building content and coursework that prepares students for successful careers.

Among the comments made in the nominations:

College of Public Health students, faculty, staff and partners worked together to build a playhouse for a local family, emphasizing the critical links between housing and health and giving back to the community in recognition of National Public Health Week.