Epidemiology News

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New program boosts use of HIV medications in injection-drug users

Study employed simple, repeatable program, researchers say.

Brittney Keller-Hamilton, program manager, Division of Epidemiology

CPH staff member wins annual research paper contest

CPH epidemiology program manager Brittney Keller-Hamilton was announced as one of five winners in the 2018 annual Preventing Chronic Disease Student Research Paper Contest.

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Epidemiology PhD student's study finds 2 in 5 teens texting while driving despite state bans

The study, conducted in part by Li Li, MS, a doctoral student of epidemiology at the College of Public Health, was published in Journal of Adolescent Health and won the Best Student Paper Award for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting..

Harmful algae isn’t just a problem for high-profile bodies of water – it poses serious, toxic threats in small ponds and lakes as well, new research has found.

New report shows increasing trend of EMS-administered naloxone for overdoses

Dan Brook

The Student: Dan Brook

I fell in love with epidemiology in 2011. I was a freshman at Ohio State and my familiarity with public health was limited to the movie “Contagion” and the Affordable Care Act. After I had the opportunity to meet with and observe some professors at the College of Public Health, I was hooked.