Magazine Stories: Spring 2021

Tobacco testing machine
$5 million project aims to improve e-cigarette testing
Dean Amy Fairchild in Cunz Hall
A note from Dean Fairchild
The Ohio Statehouse
Advocacy, public health go hand-in-hand
Rebecca Andridge
Andridge named American Statistical Association fellow
Bill Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
Bill Miller receives national Achievement Award
cancer patient
Cancer survivors face elevated heart disease risk, study finds
From left: Ashley Felix, Todd Thobe
College announces 2020 Excellence in Teaching, Employee of the Year awards
Public Health Champions 2020
College honors 2020 Public Health Champions
Elizabeth Klein
Elizabeth Klein Awarded Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award
(Left to right) Michael Bisesi, Margaret Murphy and Dean Amy Fairchild.
Foresight, teamwork and long hours helped Public Health flip the switch
Alumna Naomi Adaniya at Capitol Hill
From criminal justice to social justice: Alumna on a mission to help others
woman holding cancer ribbon
Insurance isn’t enough for women at high risk of breast cancer
Jiyoung Lee, left, and PhD student Yuehan Ai check SARS-CoV-2 genetic copy data using droplet digital PCR.
Looking for a COVID-19 early warning
University leadership surprised Bisesi with the award during a college faculty and staff meeting on May 14.
Michael Bisesi receives President and Provost’s Award for Distinguished Faculty Service
MPH-PEP Online Degree
MPH Program for Experienced Professionals now 100% online
ohio map with community pictures
New research-based tools to help Ohioans at higher COVID-19 risk
pregnancy test
One in 10 Ohio women thought abortion illegal amid attempts to ban at 6 weeks
OSU Engages: Celebrating Engaged Scholarship at Ohio State
Amy Acton photo in Ohio statehouse
Public Health alums honored for leadership during pandemic, work in diversity and inclusion
Dena Hussain
Public Health Buckeyes: Dena Hussain
Emmanuela Aboagye-Mensah
Public Health Buckeyes: Emmanuela Aboagye-Mensah
Jimmy Nash
Public Health Buckeyes: Jimmy Nash
Professor Ayaz Hyder
Public health faculty, staff create COVID-19 surveillance tool for schools
seed grants graphic
Racial justice grants fund two new public health projects
Student contact tracers reflect on job’s challenges, rewards
From left: Kevin Heckle, Annie Rudick, Billy Menges, Hanna Gottschalk
Student drive, donor support empower health care case competition
Barento Taha ’19 ’21
Student’s award-winning documentary addresses Ohio’s Black infant mortality crisis
Cunz Hall
The College of Public Health, by the numbers
Dr. Amy Acton, Ruth Ella Moore and Dr. Darryl Hood.
Trio of scholarships support diversity, access
Young man smoking a cigarette
Vaping could nearly triple the chance of smoking in teens
MPH-VPH in action
Veterinary public health alumni support COVID-19 response
racism graphic, two separated groups
Want evidence of systemic racism? Look to public health
Austin Knorz at his summer internship at Franklinton Farms
When practicums aren’t practical — gaining field experience during COVID-19
helping hands
‘Boots on the ground’
empty street at night
‘Opioid treatment deserts’ abound, study finds