College of Urban & Public Affairs
The Institute on Aging (IOA) and the School of Community Health (SCH) at Portland State University (PSU) collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) on this “Age-Friendly Cities Project.” This is a project designed to identify specific indicators of an age-friendly city, with 27 cities from around the world. Portland is the only U.S. city involved in the project. The protocol, including research design, focus group scripts, and analysis to be conducted, is prescribed by the WHO.
The Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Training Program was established in early 2003 through a five-year agreement with China’s Ministry of Construction. Delivered in cooperation with the International Sustainable Development Foundation, Portland, Oregon, the Program focuses on land-use planning and zoning, urban renewal, green buildings, nature in the city, consensus building and citizen participation.
The program has been coordinated by the College of Urban and Public Affairs. This year the program co-directors are Dr. Connie Ozawa, faculty member in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, and Dr. Marcus Ingle, faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and the Executive Leadership Institute.
Since the inaugural session in March 2004, 60 officials from China’s Ministry of Construction, representing fifteen provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have participated in this intensive seven-day program in Portland.
In June 2000, the China-U.S. Sustainable Land-use Training Program was initiated through a cooperative agreement between the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources and Portland State University in cooperation with the International Sustainable Development Foundation, Portland, Oregon.
The training curriculum focuses on sustainable land-use planning and governance practices, protection of agriculturally and ecologically sensitive lands, fair markets for land transaction, and citizen participation in land use decision-making and planning processes.
The program has been coordinated by the College of Urban and Public Affairs. This year the program co-directors are Dr. Connie Ozawa, faculty member in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, and Dr. Marcus Ingle, faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and the Executive Leadership Institute.
As of 2006, 348 Chinese officials from central, provincial and local agencies, representing 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have participated in this intensive seven-day program in Portland.
This application for a P20 planning grant is submitted by the University of Puerto Rico – Río PIedras campus, a minority serving institution and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, a NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center. A subcontract to Portland State University to Dr. Carlos Crespo, Director of the School of Community Health is described below to assist achieve the major goals of this partnership. The general goal is to develop a collaborative association between the two institutions to increase the number of minority scientists engaged in cancer research. The specific aims of this planning grant are: 1) To develop joint research projects in the areas of cancer epidemiology, prevention, and control in areas of diet, exercise, tobacco and the environment and 2) To support the development of a multidisciplinary team-oriented program to train pre-doctoral and post-doctoral candidates to pursue careers in basic and applied cancer research. We intend to expand the current cancer research training and career development opportunities by increasing the interaction between minority scientists and established investigators through seminar, workshops, retreats, and formation of inter-institutional research teams. Two pilot projects will examine the role of diet on breast cancer in Puerto Rican women, and the relationship of dietary fat with prostate cancer in a cohort of Puerto Rican men with 35 years of follow up. Additionally, we propose to fund one or two meritorious pilot research projects through the formation of research teams. These inter-institutional research teams will prepare a small research proposal and be reviewed by a panel of outside advisors with NIH study section review experience. We envision that this type of interaction and partnership will enhance the cultural competency skills of all scientists involved in this grant. The activities planned are designed to represent true collaborations that function seamlessly across the institutional boundaries of both institutions. Under this partnership the University of Puerto Rico will gain access to and collaboration with established investigators in cancer epidemiology, and will increase the cancer research training opportunities for students and junior faculty. The Roswell Park Cancer Institute will then gain cultural competency in conducting cancer research with Hispanics that will further expand current recruitment efforts of Hispanic participants into clinical trials and population-based research, increase the admission of Hispanic students into the current training programs, and promote the development of minority scientists.
The Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) will provide long-range enrollment forecasts and associated anlaysis to Snoqualmie Valley Public Schools in support of the District's capital facility planning.
