Allison E. Myers, Ph.D., MPH

Allison E. Myers, Ph.D., MPH

Associate Dean for Extension and Engagement; Program Leader, Family and Community Health
Allison.Myers@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-8712

Ballard Extension Hall

Ballard Extension Hall 125B

2591 SW Campus Way

2591 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
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PDF icon Allison E. Myers, Ph.D., MPH (May 2021)

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Biography

Dr. Allison Myers directs the Oregon State University Center for Health Innovation housed at the College of Public Health and Human Sciences. Launched fully with Allison’s arrival to Oregon in 2018, the Center connects external organizations and Oregon State University faculty in the discovery of innovative solutions to pressing health and wellness issues, and builds workforce capacity in public health and human sciences. Today, the Center leads projects related to integrating social needs care within the health care system, creating healthy neighborhoods and environments, promoting mental health and preventing substance use, and modernizing Oregon’s local public health system.
 
Prior to her work at Oregon State, in 2017-2018, Allison served as Health Policy Fellow to U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. From 2011-2017, Allison co-founded and led Counter Tools, a non-profit technology startup dedicated to advancing place-based public health through Citizen Science, data visualization, and policy advocacy. Early in her career (2005-2011) she led market research and strategy development for health and health care organizations at Innovation Management, LLC.
 
Allison earned her BS in environmental resource management from The Pennsylvania State University, and her MPH and Ph.D. in health behavior from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon from 2000-2002.

Spotlight

Hidden health hazards at your corner store

Allison E. Myers, Ph.D., MPH

How do stores and what they sell shape your community? Dr. Allison Myers of Oregon State University asks us to take a closer look at how convenience and grocery stores in our communities affect our health.

via: Place Matters Oregon

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Publications

2020

Journal Article

A. Y. Kong, Myers, A. E., Isgett, L. F., and Ribisl, K. M., “Neighborhood racial, ethnic, and income disparities in accessibility to multiple tobacco retailers: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 2015.”, Prev Med Rep, vol. 17, p. 101031, 2020.

2019

Journal Article

S. M. Rust, Myers, A. E., D'Angelo, H., Queen, T. L., Laska, M. N., and Ribisl, K. M., “Tobacco Marketing at SNAP- and WIC-Authorized Retail Food Stores in the United States.”, Health Educ Behav, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 541-549, 2019.

2018

Journal Article

A. M. Schmidt, Kowitt, S. D., Myers, A. E., and Goldstein, A. O., “Attitudes towards Potential New Tobacco Control Regulations among U.S. Adults.”, Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2018.
A. E. Myers, Southwell, B. G., Ribisl, K. M., Moreland-Russell, S., J Bowling, M., and Lytle, L. A., “State-Level Point-of-Sale Tobacco News Coverage and Policy Progression Over a 2-Year Period.”, Health Promot Pract, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 135-145, 2018.
A. Y. Kong, Golden, S. D., Myers, A. E., Little, M. A., Klesges, R., Talcott, W., Vandegrift, S. M., Cassidy, D. G., and Ribisl, K. M., “Availability, price and promotions for cigarettes and non-cigarette tobacco products: an observational comparison of US Air Force bases with nearby tobacco retailers, 2016.”, Tob Control, 2018.

2017

Journal Article

S. D. Kowitt, Schmidt, A. M., Myers, A. E., and Goldstein, A. O., “Should the Legal Age for Tobacco Be Raised? Results From a National Sample of Adolescents.”, Prev Chronic Dis, vol. 14, p. E112, 2017.
J. Leeman, Myers, A. E., Grant, J. C., Wangen, M., and Queen, T. L., “Implementation strategies to promote community-engaged efforts to counter tobacco marketing at the point of sale.”, Transl Behav Med, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 405-414, 2017.
A. E. Myers, Southwell, B. G., Ribisl, K. M., Moreland-Russell, S., and Lytle, L. A., “Setting the agenda for a healthy retail environment: content analysis of US newspaper coverage of tobacco control policies affecting the point of sale, 2007-2014.”, Tob Control, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 406-414, 2017.

2016

Journal Article

K. M. Ribisl, D'Angelo, H., Evenson, K. R., Fleischhacker, S., Myers, A. E., and Rose, S. W., “Integrating Tobacco Control and Obesity Prevention Initiatives at Retail Outlets.”, Prev Chronic Dis, vol. 13, p. E35, 2016.

2015

Journal Article

H. D'Angelo, Evenson, K. R., Rose, S., Fleischhacker, S., Myers, A. E., and Ribisl, K. M., “Examination of community and consumer nutrition, tobacco and physical activity environments at food and tobacco retail stores in three diverse North Carolina communities.”, Prev Med Rep, vol. 2, pp. 730-736, 2015.

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