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Doctoral student is influencing policy in Washington D.C.
-Mar 11, 2019
HDFS PhD student Jessica Dahlgrens policy recommendation was chosen to be reviewed at Social Work Day on the Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 20. Her recommendation is to create policies that increase funding for organizations that support children of incarcerated parents to stop the cycle of intergenerational incarceration. Jessica will be attending the CRISP […]
PhD student’s work accepted to regional symposiums
-Mar 11, 2019
Health policy PhD student Abby Mulcahy will present Queering the concept of successful aging at the Lewis and Clark Gender Studies Symposium in March. The paper and a workshop, “Defiance in the U.S. healthcare system,” have both been accepted to the Pacific & Western Disability Studies Symposium in May.
Helping the vulnerable and the marginalized
-Mar 7, 2019
When I started in this field, getting HIV was a death sentence. Weve made huge advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, says Peggy Dolcini, a professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences. But this epidemic is very complex. Weve come a long way, but there is still quite a lot of work to do.
Ready to serve the world
-Mar 6, 2019
Nastassia Donoho, 14, fell in love with how the public health field can improve communities. She is currently serving with the Peace Corps in Lesotho, Africa.
Future policy change-makers
-Feb 22, 2019
Instead of sitting through a day of lectures, five public health undergraduate students trekked to the Oregon State Capitol for the OPHA Advocacy Day.