School of Nutrition and Public Health

Welcome to the School of Nutrition and Public Health.

Our school is dedicated to improving health from cells to communities.

In our public health program, we work upstream to prevent disease, increase health equity for people and communities and solve some of the world’s greatest public health challenges.

In our nutrition program, we explore the science behind food and its impact on health.

Nutrition faculty and programs were formerly part of the School of Biological and Population Health Sciences (BPHS), and public health faculty and programs were divided between BPHS and the School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences. Learn more about our college name change and restructuring.

Contacts

School head: Peggy Dolcini, PhD
Assistant to the school head: Sam Jordan
School directory
Academic Program Directors

Address

School of Nutrition and Public Health
Waldo Hall 410
2250 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331

Academic programs in nutrition

Undergraduate

Graduate

Nutrition, MS, MS-PD, PhD

Academic programs in public health

Undergraduate

Public Health, BS (Corvallis, online)

Accelerated Master’s Program

Graduate

Other programs of study

Research and community engagement

Recent publications

(This is not an exhaustive list. We are still rebuilding our database of faculty publications. Visit individual faculty profiles for more extensive lists of their publications.)

2025

Bozigar, M., Connolly, C.L., Vermeer, K., Carvalho, L., Cohen, R.T., Dugas, J.N., Levy, J.I., Fabian, M.P. (2025) Associations between in-home environmental exposures and lung function in a safety net population of children with asthma using electronic health records and geospatial data Annals of Epidemiology 105

Yi, L., Hart, J.E., Roscoe, C., Mehta, U.V., Pescador Jimenez, M., Lin, P.D., Suel, E., Hystad, P., Hankey, S., Zhang, W., Okereke, O.I., Laden, F, James, P. (2025) Greenspace and depression incidence in the US-based nationwide Nurses' Health Study II: A deep learning analysis of street-view imagery Environment International 198

Turner, R.T., Kuah, A., Trevisiol, C.H., Howe, K.S., Branscum, A.J., Iwaniec, U.T. (2025) Chronic heavy alcohol consumption impairs the ability of demineralized allogenic bone matrix to support osteoinduction in alcohol-naïve rats Bone Reports 25

Savoy, A.W., Weaver, F.M., Patel, H., Taylor, A., Govier, D.J., Hynes, D.M. (2025) Barriers and Facilitators to Cross-Institutional Referrals: System Configuration Analysis of VA Staff Experiences Journal of General Internal Medicine

Slatore, C.G., Disher, N., Scott, J.Y., Golden, S.E., Hooker, E.R., Govier, D.J., Hynes, D.M. (2025) Resistance to Switching Health Care Institution Among Veterans Referred for VA-Purchased Care Journal of General Internal Medicine

Nutrition and Public Health news and stories

Eva Foley
Eva Foley transitioned from pastry chef to aspiring registered dietitian. Learn about her internship rotations and support from Oregon State’s nutrition program.
Olivia Olmstead
Olivia Olmstead shares her passion for health and future goals to address food insecurity in rural communities.
COH faculty present at Ecampus Faculty Forum
Thank you to Cathleen Brown Crowell, Dee Gillen Ashley Vaughn and Karen Elliott for representing the College of Health as presenters at the OSU Ecampus Faculty Forum 2025. Kudos to you!
Professor completes marathon in Track Town USA
Associate Professor Jonathan Garcia finished the Eugene Marathon on Sunday, April 28. Congrats, Jonathan! We were all cheering you on!
Two-time alumna receives Teaching Excellence Award
Double alumna Dr. Alexandra Szarabajko, MPH '21 and PhD '22, has been honored with the Teaching Excellence Award from South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.
Christina Young-Valdovinos
Public health undergraduate Christina Young-Valdovinos discusses her research on Latinx food security in Linn-Benton communities and her goal to become a pediatrician after completing her studies.