I want to ride my bicycle! Bicycles, a “micromobility” option, are a great alternative to cars and other fossil fuel transport (LoBasso, 2019). Global temperatures are increasing and expected to climb further if no changes are made, with temperatures rising as much as 3 degrees by 2030 (LoBasso, 2019). The small spike in temperature will be…

Total Worker Health: Shift Work and Sleep OHSU studied the impact of shift work on sleep, understanding that adequate and high-quality sleep is imperative to health and well-being. Researchers were interested in the interplay of not only how much sleep we get but also when we sleep to investigate how lack of sleep relates to and places…

Tackling biodiversity: What if we released all cows into the wild? The aim is to find an action or set of actions that reduces the impact to within the uncertainty range or boundary (Rockstrom and Willet, EAT Commission). The EAT Commission suggests shifts away from animal sources and toward diets rich in plant-based foods. Those opposed to initiatives like these seem…

“When radium was first discovered in the late 1800s, headlines nationwide hailed it as “a substitute for gas, electricity, and a positive cure for every disease.” Johns Hopkins was using radium to treat cervical cancer since the early 1900s (Skloot, 2011). By the 1940s there was evidence to support that…

“Toilet-to-Tap” is a concept that demonstrates a circular economy, where “all the resources coming into our cities are recycled after they are used.” We are already using recycled materials in every day household items, such as toilet paper, glass, and food scraps. In Portland, there is a Jewish market and…

My boyfriend and I live on Northwest Naito Parkway in Portland OR. The map shown below is the street on which I live. The darker red, orange, and yellow map (left) is Traffic Proximity, and the lighter map (right) is the Low-Income Population National Percentiles. According to the EPA, I…

Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a pungent, suffocating odor at room temperature and is readily soluble in water at room temperature ((US Environmental Protection Agency, 2020). Formaldehyde and goods containing this chemical reportedly account for more than 5% of the yearly US gross national product, which is about 500…

I shadowed at Central City Concern, Imani Center in Portland, Oregon two years ago during a pre-health clinical experience. The Imani Center at CCC provides culturally specific and responsive Afrocentric approaches to the Black community of Portland. While there, I perused the literature on display at the center. A book…

Hello, my name is Tyne Riddick. People often mispronounce my name so for your convenience it is pronounced, “valen-TYNE.” I am a first year Public Health Practice student. I graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelors in English and Human Physiology. I am a non-traditional pre-medical student and…