OMPH and Public Health News

This page has OMPH program news and announcements as well as news of interest to the public health community from around the state and nationwide.

If you have news that you would like to have posted on the Oregon MPH website and/or disseminated over the OMPH listserv, please email post_it@oregonmph.org. Please provide a brief (100 word) summary of your announcement and a link to the full description on your own website. Please do not send electronic documents, fliers, or forms; instead provide a link to these materials on your own website.

Posted 03/08/12

• Click here to read the OMPH news update for February.

• Want tips on how to strive for high quality academic writing instruction and coaching? Click here for more information.

• Click here to review highlights from the Nation’s Health at APHA.

• PHPM 573 Disability and Public Health course Spring term at OHSU. Click here for more information.

• Some students are having difficulty registering for PAH courses because of the addition of new prerequisites.  These prereq's are effective for students who were admitted in Fall 2011 or later, but the university information system applies them to all students.  If you are having trouble registering for any PAH courses for Spring, please contact Becky Fidler at rfidler@pdx.edu and she can assist you in the registration process. 

• HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT USP 510 Summer 2012 Course. For more information, click here.

Posted 01/03/12

• Click here to view the American Public Health Associations highlights for January 2012.

• Click here to view Multnomah County Health Departments 2010-2011 Annual Report.

• If you are looking for an interesting MPH elective for winter term, consider registering for PHPM 573 Disability and Public Health (crn 21282, 3 credits). The class meets Wednesdays from 5:00-8:00pm

Posted 12/13/11

• Click here to read the OMPH News Update for November 2011.

• Time change for Bill Lambert’s spring 2012 PHPM 518 Environmental Health. The new time will be 3:00-5:30pm on Tuesdays. For more information, click here.

• Kenai woman connects tribal kids with education (Alaska Journal). Kenaitze Indian Tribe member Amber Huhndorf, 23, who received her public health degree from Oregon State University, works at the tribe’s health clinic. She said she always wanted to work with Alaska Natives. Her grandparents homesteaded in Nikiski during the 1950s. (see also Anchorage Daily News).

• The American Public Health Association and several other organizations are undertaking an internet-based flu surveillance project and hosting a challenge with cash rewards. For more information and to register visit the Flu Near You website.

Posted 11/22/11

• Click here to read the OMPH News Update for October 2011.

• Click here to read about the 2011 OPHA Annual Award Winners.

• Class offered at OSU Winter term 2012. H 514, Environment, Safety and Health Seminar, 1 credit.

• Three new Biostatistics courses will be offered this Winter term at OSU.  The course topics are Data Mining, Bayesian Biostatistics, and Linear Regression and Survival Analysis.  Further details can be found by clicking here.

• The Graduate Certificate in Public Health (GCPH), offered through OHSU School of Nursing, is now accepting applications for admission Winter 2012 and Fall 2012.  The GCPH is offered online. Information about the GCPH can be found here.

• Click here to read Oregon Department of Labor's recent article on employment in Oregon's nonprofits

Posted 11/09/11

• Attention Graduate Students! Winter term 2012 is open or will be open soon:
  • PSU students- registration opened Monday, November 7^th
  • OSU students- registration opens, Monday, November 13^th
  • OHSU students- registration opens, Monday, November 28^th
  • If you have any questions about intercampus registration, please contact Alison Schneiger at aschneig@pdx.edu or 503-725-5106.

• Attention College & University Occupational Safety, Health & Environmental (and Related Disciplines) Chairs, Program Directors and Faculty Advisors: $170k in Scholarships & Grants Available through ASSEF. For scholarships, click here. For professional development grants, click here.

• ASPSU Student Body President Adam Rhamlow is leading a campaign to deal with the rising cost of tuition. In 2010 student debt averaged $25,520 according to Project Student Debt. As graduate students, our debt is likely to be significantly higher -- tuition has increased 70% in the past decade at Portland State. Graduate students pay twice the tuition that undergraduates pay, resulting estimated tuition increases hitting us harder than undergraduates. President Rhamlow is planning a protest in Salem in February 2012 in order to let legislators know that students are paying attention. For more information regarding this planned protest visit the ASPSU office in Smith 117. Information on student loan debt, by state, can be found here http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data.php

• PA 515 Public Works Administration, Winter Quarter, Thursdays from 4:00 – 6:20 p.m., CRN 45507at Portland State University. For more information on just “What is Public Works” See the following brief video “Everyday Heroes” and other materials from the American Public Works Association  http://www.apwa.net/discover/what_is_public_works .

• Introducing MCHD’s Built Environment Atlas: an assessment of active living and healthy eating opportunities across Multnomah County. Click here to view the full report.

• Highlights from the Nation's Health November/December 2011. Click here to read.