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Council of Deans
February 17, 2009
Stan Lemeshow, Dean
College of Public Health
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What is Public Health?
• Improves the conditions and behaviors that affect the health of each and
every one of us.
• Combats and reduces incidences of preventable diseases.
• Pushes for healthier
lifestyles.
• Minimizes the
consequences of
catastrophic events.
• Provides the basics of
sanitation to safe food
and water.
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Why should I care about Public Health?
• Your health is determined by your own genetics and personal choices, but
also by the environment around you.
• We all strive to live long, healthy lives, and where we live, work and play
affects our health.
• If you care about your
health, the length and
quality of your life, and the
health and lives of your
friends and family, then you
should care about public
health.
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How does Public Health
save lives?
• Public health combats threats to health by
implementing educational programs,
developing policies, administering services,
and conducting research.
• Over the last century, public health has
increased life expectancies, reduced worldwide infant and child mortality, and
eliminated or reduced many communicable
diseases.
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What are the top Public Health issues today?
Public health impacts us in countless ways every
day, but some top public health concerns include:
• tobacco control and cessation;
• cancer prevention, survivorship and treatment;
• prevention and reduction of infectious diseases;
• the impact of global climate change on health;
• health disparities;
• obesity;
• access to care;
• and health care policy.
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How does globalization affect our health?
• The spread of disease or the quality
of air and water are some of the more
obvious ways in which the world
around us affects our health.
• The frenetic movement of food and
people across borders permits
illnesses to move rapidly from a
remote village to faraway cities. Poor
sanitation and a lack of health
resources engender new diseases in
far away places that can ultimately
threaten the health of everyone.
• The globalization of health links us
all more closely than ever before.
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Quick facts about the College
• College of Public Health Established: 2007
• School of Public Health Founded: 1995
• MS program in Preventive Medicine created in 1948
• MPH program created as part of Dept. of Preventive Medicine: 1990
• MHA program created: 1969
• Current students: 350
• Current faculty: 45
Divisions:
• Biostatistics
• Environmental Health Sciences
• Epidemiology
• Health Behavior and Health Promotion
• Health Services Management and Policy
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Quick facts about the College
Areas of Study:
• Undergraduate Minor in Public
Health
• Health Behavior and Health
Promotion
• Biostatistics
• Environmental Health Sciences
• Epidemiology
• Health Services Management and
Policy
• Veterinary Public Health
• Clinical Investigation
Centers:
• Center for Public Health Practice
• Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and
Evaluation Studies (HOPES)
• Center for Health Equity and Multicultural
Health
Targeted Investments in Excellence (TIE)
• Public Health Preparedness for
Infectious Diseases
• Population and Health
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Fall 2003
Fall 2008
part of COMPH
College
Fall 2013
•
Status
•
Faculty
27
45
60
•
PhD Students
26
66
90
•
Grad Students
220
350
500
•
Undergrad Major
0
100
•
General Funds
$3.2M
•
IDC’s
$578,459
$873,968*
$2.5M
•
Release Time
$315,909
$1,442,336*
$2.5M
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Research Expenditures
$2.9M
$5.3M*
$10M
•
Space
•
*Final numbers for FY2008
0
18,237 asf
$6.1M
28,732 asf
College
$10.0M
68,572 asf**
**Upon entering Cunz Hall, assuming all priorities met
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Indirect Cost Recovery and Release Time from
Research Grants, FY 2001 - 2008
$1,500,000
$1,442,336
$1,300,000
$1,327,600
$1,100,000
$802,212
$900,000
$700,000 $566,080
$516,888
$578,459
$528,673 $516,306
$846,443 $873,968
$793,798
$500,000
$511,447
$300,000
$359,455
$100,000 $212,033
-$100,000
FY01
$275,110
FY02
$315,909
FY03
FY04
IDC
FY05
FY06
FY07
Highlights:
OSU CPH’s total
indirect cost recovery
increased significantly
from the low of
$359,455 in FY04 to
the height of $873,968
in FY08. Total release
time has been on the
rise and was at $1.4
million in FY08.
FY08
Release Time
Data Source: OSU CPH Internal Financial Data.
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About our Divisions
Biostatistics
• Relates statistical information to concrete health issues
• Essential to the design of interventions and the development of public health
policy and priorities
• Collaborate with colleagues throughout the health sciences to provide for
well-designed studies and properly analyzed data
Environmental Health Sciences
• Focuses on chemical, physical and biological agents in the environment that
influence human health
• Encompasses both the environmental and biological processes underlying
human diseases and prevention
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About our Divisions
Epidemiology
• Quantifies the relationship of exposure to disease development in humans
• Offers the possibility of altering health risks through intervention
• Can provide the basis for significant public health decisions well before
individual disease mechanisms are understood
• Current research efforts focus mainly on cancer, the environment,
occupational health, nutrition and reproduction
Health Behavior and Health Promotion
• Enables people to achieve their optimal level of health through healthy
decisions and behaviors.
• Develops the knowledge and skills needed for making healthy decisions and
enacting healthy behaviors
• Promotes the conditions and resources necessary for healthy living
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About our Divisions
Health Services Management and Policy
• Focuses on evaluating and improving the
organization, financing, and delivery of health
care
• Faculty specialties in health care
management, health policy analysis, health
services research, quality-of-care
measurement, health finance, and health
economics
• Newly appointed Thomas Wickizer as the first
Stephen F. Loebs Endowed Professor
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Center for HOPES
Conducts applied health services research studies to help public and
private organizations evaluate
• Clinical effectiveness
• Quality of care
• Costs of medical services
• Processes of care
• Other investigations in the areas
of health outcomes, policy,
and evaluation
From 2007 HOPES conference, Director Allard
Dembe with Sen. John Breaux.
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Center for Public Health Practice
The center provides training and professional development to the workforce
that enhances its ability to protect and promote the public’s health.
The center is home to federally funded programs as well as contractual and
fee-for-service projects that support it's commitment to public health
organization and employee development. Projects include:
• Center for Public Health Preparedness
• Buckeye Bluegrass Regional Leadership
Academy
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Public Health
Training Center
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Center for Health Equity and Multicultural Health
• To focus the academic research and service activities of faculty and
students in the College of Public Health around issues of minority health,
health disparities, health equity, environmental justice, and community
involvement
• Currently in a search for center director
• Conference on “Health, Race & Research: Community Engagement to
Eliminate Health Disparities” scheduled for March 30-31 at Blackwell
Conference Center
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College of Public Health Graduate Degrees
• Master of Public Health: Standard degree for public health
practice, both in the public and private sectors related to
population health.
• Master of Health Administration: Preparation for professionals
in the delivery and financing of health services.
• Master of Science: For students interested primarily in research
or analytical careers; a logical entry point for those considering
advanced research.
• PhD: Offered in five specialty tracks including biostatistics,
environmental health sciences; epidemiology; health behavior
and health promotion; health services management and policy.
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Strategic Priorities
 GOAL 1: Grow a dynamic and productive faculty.
 GOAL 2: Foster innovative and high quality interdisciplinary research.
 GOAL 3: Build strong and growing academic programs that attract high
quality students and provide an excellent learning experience.
 GOAL 4: Train a more diverse public health workforce, increase diversity
of faculty, and advance knowledge on health disparities of ethnic, racial
and cultural minorities.
 GOAL 5: Develop and sustain community partnerships through
educational engagement, community-based research, and service to
improve the health of communities.
 GOAL 6: Expand resources to support continuous growth.
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Community Engagement
• Annual Farmer’s Market at Columbus
Public Health Department
• Student service activities: Ronald
McDonald House, winter clothing drive
• Student practice placements at
numerous public health agencies and
organizations
• Upcoming conference on Health, Race &
Research: Community Engagement to
Eliminate Health Disparties (March 30-31)
• Community-based research in
Appalachian Ohio
• Netwellness.org
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Cunz Hall
First renovation on campus to be a LEED-certified building. Current plans
qualify for Silver Certification.
Projected timeline for renovations
• Current status, design phase nearly complete
• Summer 2009, projected move-out of current Cunz faculty and staff; swing
space will be Smith Labs
• October 2009 - May 2011, construction
• Summer 2011, move in
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Points of Pride
 6 AAAS fellows: Randall Harris; Stan Lemeshow; Mel Moeschberger; David
Murray; Electra Paskett; and Mary Ellen Wewers.
 First-ever Fulbright Scholar this year, Muhammad Fazal Zeeshan.
Muhammad is a PhD student in Health Services Management and Policy.
 Students served in international practice placements this summer, including
Bangladesh and Uganda.
 Mary Ellen Wewers named American Cancer Society ‘Hero of Hope’
 Courtney Lynch named to Governor’s Task Force on Infant Mortality
 Randi Love chairs Columbus AIDS Task Force
 2008 Public Health Grand Rounds, Dr. Joycelyn Elders
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