School of Nutrition and Public Health
School of Nutrition and Public Health
College of 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: Ke’ala Barnard, MPH
- 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
- Dietetics, BS
- Nutrition and Health Sciences, BS
- Nutrition in Foodservice, Culinary and Food Systems, BS
Graduate
Academic programs in public health
Undergraduate
- Healthcare Administration, BS (online)
- Public Health, BS (Corvallis, online)
Accelerated Master’s Program
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health Promotion and Health Behavior
- Health Systems and Policy
- Public Health Practice
Graduate
- Biostatistics, MPH
- Environmental and Occupational Health, MPH, PhD
- Epidemiology, MPH, PhD
- Global Health, MPH, PhD
- Health Policy, PhD
- Health Promotion and Health Behavior, MPH, PhD
- Health Systems and Policy, MPH
- Public Health Practice, MPH (online)
Other programs of study
Undergraduate
- Community Nutrition minor
- Environmental and Occupational Health minor
- Global Health minor (online)
- Healthcare Administration minor (online)
- Nutrition Science minor
- Public Health minor (Corvallis and online)
Graduate
- Graduate Certificate in Health Management and Policy (Corvallis)
- Graduate Certificate in Public Health (Corvallis and online)
Microcredentials
- Innovative Health Care Management (online)
- Innovative Healthcare Leadership (online)
- Occupational Safety and Supply Chain Management (online)
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.)
2026
Nutrition and Public Health news and stories
Former COH Dean Tammy Bray and OSU Distinguished Professor Emily Ho have been selected for top honors by the American Society for Nutrition, to be recognized at NUTRITION 2026 in July.
Brian Primack served as senior author on a study documenting vaping devices shaped like sippy cups being marketed to young children on Instagram, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
OSU nutrition faculty, students and alumni swept four awards at the 2026 Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Conference, led by Outstanding Dietitian of the Year Michelle Bump.
Instructor Joe Leykam organized a College of Health team for the Out of Darkness Campus Walk on April 18, bringing together faculty and students for suicide prevention awareness.
MPH environmental and occupational health student Zach Kowash presented research on cadmium-induced molecular mechanisms linked to Alzheimer’s disease at the Society of Toxicology conference, exemplifying the interdisciplinary strength of the EOH program.
Environmental epidemiologist Matthew Bozigar discusses the impact of geography on health outcomes, the risks of chronic noise exposure, and his research at Oregon State University.