Public Health Insider: Webcast Series
Gain knowledge from public health and human sciences experts
Public health is affected by shifts in policy, social and environmental influences, technology and much more. As a global health crisis illustrates, gaps and inequities of any size in these systems can have devastating effects for health workers, the economy, particularly impacting communities with historic and systemic health disparities.
As Oregon’s first accredited College of Public Health and Human Sciences, our students and alumni have long been working toward answers to the challenges of lifelong health in their communities. Get an insider look at the impacts of public health with a webcast series hosted by some of Oregon State’s public health experts.
These virtual events are hosted by the OSU Alumni Association and OSU Foundation in collaboration with the OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences.
Upcoming events
Public Health Insider | A Breath of Fresh Air
May 9
5:30 p.m. PT
Did you know that Oregon has some of the highest asthma rates in children for the entire U.S.? And has experienced some of the worst air quality in the world in the past few years? Join College of Public Health and Human Sciences’ faculty Molly Kile, Megan MacDonald and Perry Hystad as they discuss the top environmental risks that affect children (and adults!), the health outcomes associated with exposure and how the college’s new ASPᶟIRE Center is working to reverse the trends.
Be sure you catch this next episode of the Public Health Insider series as you may be surprised where the most prominent environmental risks originate from, how they can also affect you and what steps you can take to improve the outcomes for everyone in your household where you live, work and play.
Public Health Insider: Remodeling Your Mitochondrial Kitchen
May 23
5:30 p.m. PT
In the last decade, there have been some significant advances in the management of type 2 diabetes through medication. But what if that same medication could also help the 1 out of 3 Americans who are prediabetic from becoming diabetic? And what if there was possible overlap with metabolic effects of physical activity on muscle tissue, a major organ related to diabetes?
For this episode of the Public Health Insider, OSU Kinesiology faculty and a doctoral student from the Translational Metabolism Research Laboratory (TMRL) detail recent findings on how a new class of diabetes medications may have positive results in the skeletal muscle and how understanding the effects of physical activity is shedding new light on the importance of mitochondria in metabolic health.
Join us as we look at the importance of remodeling your mitochondrial kitchen for your metabolic health and why it is more than just the powerhouse of the cell.
View past recordings below

Public Health Insider | Power Vegetables and Cancer Prevention
Feb 07, 2023
This power-packed discussion will leave you enlightened and full of healthy tidbits and takeaways.

Public Health Insider | System Overload: Building a Trained and Stable Child Care Workforce
Nov 15, 2022
The barriers that face families trying to access affordable and accessible child care is an increasing reality.

Public Health Insider | Modifying Metabolism- Small Choices, Big Results
Oct 26, 2022
There are numerous small choices that can lead to immediate, significant positive outcomes for your metabolic health.

Public Health Insider | Mentorship: Making the Connection
May 18, 2022
There are many stories being written about workplace culture—from work-life balance to finding a new job and the importance of networking. And it's not uncommon to see the concept of mentorship woven into the conclusions.

Public Health Insider | Refocusing the Picture of Health for Kids
Mar 11, 2022
From a continued decline in high-quality physical education to inequitable access to green spaces to a pervasive diet culture, America’s young people face a future of chronic health issues unless current trends are reversed.

Public Health Insider | The Caregiving Conundrum: Complex Challenges and an Uncertain Future
Feb 16, 2022
Caregiving affects both older adults and younger adults, who may be caring for children as well as aging parents. And the number of those in advanced age is growing.

Public Health Insider | A guide to navigating the return to travel
Feb 10, 2022
As the world continues to transition from the pandemic to the endemic, what does traveling look like post-vaccines?

Public Health Insider | What's in your water?
Nov 30, 2021
Do you know what’s in your drinking water -- or how to test for it?

Public Health Insider | Healthy Back Home
May 18, 2021
Join Jay Kim and Laurel Kincl as they discuss the importance of ergonomics and how the lessons learned from typically hazardous occupations can improve our health and well-being

Public Health Insider | A Public Health Crisis: Factors That Impact Your Health Outcomes
Jul 13, 2020
Take a deep dive with Kari-Lyn Sakuma to discover these “social determinants of health,” how your ZIP code may be a more important predictor of your health than your genetic code and how we can work together to dismantle systemic health disparity.

Public Health Insider | Public Health Careers: The World Needs You
Jul 06, 2020
Explore career paths available to those who have a background rooted in public health or are interested in embarking on the path to a medical degree

Public Health Insider | Public Health 101
Jun 26, 2020
Get an insider look at the impacts of public health with a webcast series hosted by some of Oregon State’s public health experts.