Dr. Amy Ferketich
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Title: Professor & Interim Chair, OSU College of Public Health, Epidemiology Division
Dr. Ferketich is a professor of public health, with research interests in smoking cessation, tobacco control, and policies that are focused on youth and young adult tobacco initiation prevention.
What was a memorable experience of your public health career?
Working on Ohio State’s first Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science was memorable because I was one of the PIs of the Buckeye Teen Health Study. From that project, we learned a lot about adolescent tobacco use in Ohio. I also worked with an outstanding group of investigators who taught me a lot!
What advice would you give to students pursuing public health?
Public health is political and it’s easy to get frustrated by the politics, lack of funding, etc. Students should not let this get in their way of doing good work because what we do is important and impactful.