Meet Micah Berman, an international expert in tobacco policy and the College of Public Health’s new Stephen F. Loebs Professor in Health Services Management and Policy. 

Berman shares the big questions that guide his work, his aim to support innovative research partnerships and the moments that make him most proud to work in public health. 

Health and community leaders gathered at the Ohio Union on Oct. 13 and 14 for the 2023 Equity through Diversity, Action and Learning Conference, cosponsored by the college, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Columbus Public Health.

Walking through a New Mexico desert, Micaela Richter couldn’t see anything but blue sky for miles. If you were going to conduct secret nuclear bomb testing, she thought, this would be the place to do it. 

Meet College of Public Health alumna Rachel Hardin ’16 BSPH, who brings a passion for affordable housing to her role as volunteer and community resource manager for Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio.

As an intern with the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, Alex Ochoa spent his summer gaining hands-on experience working on public health policy. 

Ochoa, a fourth-year student majoring in public health, contributed to the office’s ongoing work focused on harm reduction, prevention, treatment and recovery. He worked alongside policy analysts on the White House proclamation on national youth substance prevention.