The Office of Health Promotion Research has been at the forefront of research about disease prevention and health promotion for decades.
History of OHPR
Our History
The Office of Health Promotion Research was established within the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ College of Medicine in the early 1980s. Early research includes seminal studies of tobacco control, AIDS prevention, diabetes prevention, alcohol abuse, and breast cancer screening led by faculty members Roger H. Secker-Walker M.D., John K. Worden, Ph.D., Brian S. Flynn, Sc.D., Berta Geller, Ed.D., and Laura J. Solomon, Ph.D.
Rewarding Work, Rewarded
Our office is honored to have worked closely with many award-winning researchers throughout our history. We've highlighted a selection of those individuals and the honors they have received below.