Epidemiology News

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.

Kirsten Chrzan, Fadi Smiley, Taleed El-Sabawi, Nick Anstine

A Head Start

Meet just a few of the College of Public Health students combating opioid and substance abuse in between classes.

Susan Olivo-Marston and Olorunfemi Adetona

Researchers seek to identify specific carcinogens affecting firefighters

Firefighters are 14 percent more likely to experience cancer-related deaths than the general U.S. population, according to a study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

CPH student Chinenye Bosah shares information about the Multicultural Public Health Student Association.

College reconnects at ‘Welcome Back’ event; students collect donations for opioid-affected southern Ohio

The college kicked off spring semester with a “Welcome Back” event in early January.

Jin Peng, MD, MS

Epi PhD candidate wins national award for dissertation on pediatric traumatic brain injury

Jin Peng, MD, MS, was honored for her dissertation research, “Caregiver-perceived Barriers to Return for Follow-up after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),” which was funded in part by an Ohio Department of Safety (ODPS) EMS grant.