Lisa Marriott, PhD

Lisa Marriott is an Associate Professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. She is an educational researcher specializing in science education and workforce development. She also serves as Associate Director of Let’s Get Healthy!, an education and research exhibit that applies health information technology to assess health behaviors and provide immediate, tailored feedback to individuals. The program earned the 2015 Technology Award from the Society of Public Health Education and has become a worksite wellness program in Thailand.

Marriott leads teacher professional development programs, most recently on cancer research and epigenetics, with accompanying published articles in teaching journals that describe lessons and activities for teaching new areas of science to middle and high school students. Her research investigates student pursuance of science careers as well as health-related decision-making using informatics-based approaches.

She teaches Environmental Health for graduate students, Qualitative Methods for Health Professionals, and Biomedical Research Pathways for undergraduates.

Contact: marriott@ohsu.edu

Student Contributors

Students from multiple Concepts in Environmental Health classes have contributed to this site over the years by sharing their perspectives and favorite resources. These students are studying:

  • Epidemiology

  • Health Management & Policy

  • Biostatistics

  • Environmental Systems & Human Health

  • Health Promotion

This site is funded through teaching support to LKM from the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health.

Approaches for this site apply principles from the Science Education Partnership (SEPA) program from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their grantees have amazing public-friendly resources that have been used throughout this site. Lisa Marriott currently has a SEPA (R25 GM129840) focused on STEM informatics.

This site was inspired by Arcelia and Alejandro who continue to be passionate advocates for accessible science