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Even though Smeltzer grew up on the West Coast, once he came to Columbus he became a Buckeye for life.

Study: High-risk women’s decisions tied to experiences of family, friends
A woman’s memories of a loved one’s experience with cancer could play a significant role in how she approaches breast cancer prevention in her own life, a new study has found.

It’s autumn semester. The sun is still shining, the leaves are still on the buckeye trees and Liane Davila-Martin was settling in to the final year of earning her master’s degree in epidemiology at Ohio State.

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.