Research News
Research forums a rite of passage for many students
May 15, 2018 by Janaya Greene
In March, three of the college’s doctoral students placed in the top three in their respective categories at the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum.
Brittany Keller-Hamilton (epidemiology) placed second for her research on the effects of outdoor tobacco advertising on young males; Seungjen Lee (environmental health sciences) placed second with his research on microcystin...
Read more »Researchers seek to identify specific carcinogens affecting firefighters
March 8, 2018 by Janaya Greene
CPH researchers Susan Olivo-Marston, PhD, MPH, Olorunfemi Adetona, PhD, and Darryl Hood, PhD, are building off of this study to find ways to improve firefighters’ occupational safety.
The team will use biological markers in firefighters to identify which specific contaminants emitted in structural fire smoke are associated with cancer.
Olivo-Marston, assistant professor of...
Read more »“Smart Foodsheds” project aims to improve food security in Columbus, Sacramento
December 5, 2017 by Janaya Greene
Although food is mass produced to feed the world’s population, health and nutritional disparities like food insecurity still affect millions of lives. Working to address these disparities is Ayaz Hyder, PhD, assistant professor of environmental health sciences at the College of Public Health. Hyder is co-principal investigator on a new National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project aimed at...
Read more »Two CPH Faculty Members Receive NIH-K Grants to Support Research and Career Development
November 21, 2017 by Janaya Greene
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) presented CPH faculty members Julianna Nemeth, PhD, and Steve Oghumu, PhD, with Career Development (K) Awards, providing them with additional funding for their research projects and developmental support in the early stages of their careers.
Nemeth, an...
Read more »Epi PhD candidate wins national award for dissertation on pediatric traumatic brain injury
November 9, 2017 by Steve Barrish
Jin Peng, MD, MS, PhD candidate of epidemiology at The Ohio State University College of Public Health, received the Joseph J. Tepas Award at the 2017 Pediatric Trauma Society Annual Meeting in November. The competitive award is issued annually to recognize non-physician researchers who demonstrate excellence in pediatric trauma research.
Peng was honored for her dissertation research, “...
Read more »Team Science = Research Success: A Q&A with Dr. Chris Weghorst
October 26, 2017 by Gary Snyder & Rachel Bules
For the fall/winter 2017 issue of our magazine, Ohio State Public Health, we sat down with Associate Dean for Research Christopher Weghorst, PhD, to talk about research at the college and the role his office plays to advance discoveries.
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Read more »Ohio’s opioid crisis: ‘We're all in this together’
October 26, 2017 by Steve Barrish
When Ohio Governor John Kasich passed through the sunlit atrium of the Ohio Statehouse one morning in early April, he noticed a meeting taking place with an all too familiar theme.
It was two days after Kasich gave his State of the State address in Sandusky, Ohio, where he discussed, among other needs, the opioid epidemic that has been ravaging his state. So when he stumbled...
Read more »MPH student spends rewarding summer conducting research in Nicaragua
August 29, 2017 by Steve Barrish & Rachel Bules, CPH Communications
It was an unforgettable and rewarding summer for College of Public Health (CPH) student Pallavi Oruganti, who spent her precious summer months in Los Robles, Jinotega, Nicaragua, conducting fieldwork and collecting data for her Master of Public Health (MPH) culminating project.
Oruganti was part of an interdisciplinary research team made up of Ohio State students from public health,...
Read more »Grant to help Gallo debunk contraceptive myths in Kingston, Jamaica
August 22, 2017 by Rachel Bules, CPH Communications Intern
Maria Gallo, PhD, associate professor in The Ohio State University College of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology, received a $120,000 grant from the Society of Family Planning to help educate adult women about contraceptive options in Kingston, Jamaica.
Gallo and the research team hope to debunk myths and confusion surrounding contraceptive safety. Contraceptive methods often go...
Read more »CPH faculty members receive $1.5 million CDC grant to study dramatic rise of syphilis
July 11, 2017 by Gary Snyder, CPH Communications
With syphilis rates rising across the country, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has awarded a $1.589 million grant to The Ohio State University faculty members William Miller, MD, MPH, chair of the College of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology, and Abigail Norris Turner, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the College of Medicine and CPH associate...
Read more »Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood
June 5, 2017
by Misti Crane | Research CommunicationCategories: Research, Cancer, brain, epidemiology
Immune-system activity weakens before symptoms arise
Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumor five years before symptoms arise, new research has found.
Interactions among proteins that relay information from one immune cell to another are weakened in the blood of brain cancer patients within five years before the cancer is diagnosed,...
Read more »Song, Berman among co-authors of research demonstrating dangers of ventilated cigarettes
May 24, 2017
by Gary Snyder | CPH CommunicationsCategories: Tobacco, Research
Min-Ae Song, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the CPH Center of Excellence in Regulatory Tobacco Science, and Micah Berman, JD, CPH assistant professor, were among the co-authors on new research which shows that so-called “light” cigarettes have no health benefits to...
Read more »Public health students excel at annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
April 13, 2017
by Rachel Bules | CPH CommunicationsCategories: denman, Students, Research, BSPH, Undergraduate
Seven undergraduate students from the College of Public Health presented their thesis research on March 29 at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum held at OSU, with two students receiving awards for their research.
Montgomry Burgoon, Katherine Friedman, Lea Ghastine, Sarah Jossart, Rana Khalil, Allison Porter and Mariah Wood presented their...
Read more »CPH Faculty and Postdocs Share Their Work at 2nd Annual Research Day
February 21, 2017
by Steve Barrish | Communications CoordinatorCategories: Research, Faculty
Twenty-eight faculty and postdoctoral researchers from all areas of the college shared their research with each other through presentations and posters at the 2nd Annual Research Day, held on Feb. 17 at Thompson Library.
The event was organized by the associate dean for research, Chris Weghorst, Ph.D., and a committee of faculty and staff with the purpose of promoting inter-...
Read more »Ohio State Public Health Researcher Receives 4-Year NIH Grant to Better Assess Donor Quality and Predict Post-Transplantation Outcomes for Kidney Transplant Patients
February 8, 2017
by Steve Barrish | Communications CoordinatorCategories: Biostatistics, Research
Over 16,000 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergo kidney transplantation in the United States every year. For most ESRD patients, successful kidney transplantation provides longer survival and a better quality of life than dialysis.
Yet, waiting lists and waiting times for kidney transplants continue to grow in the United States. This is due, in part, to potentially viable...
Read more »Gates Foundation Awards Ohio State Public Health Researcher Grand Challenges Grant For Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development
November 15, 2016
by Gary Snyder | CPH CommunicationsCategories: Research
The College of Public Health has been awarded a Grand Challenges Explorations grant, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Alison Norris, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the OSU College...
Read more »College of Public Health Surpasses Goal in But for Ohio State Campaign, Increasing Support for Students and Improving Lives
November 8, 2016
by Colleen Herr | Communications CoordinatorCategories: HSMP, Global Health, MHA, Research, Students, Faculty
The College of Public Health recently raised $9,802,439 during the But for Ohio State capital campaign, surpassing our goal by more than $500,000. The funds raised support education, research and community engagement, allowing faculty and students to make an impact in public health both locally and internationally.
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