Kristen Mitchell

When Mohammad Jawad Jahid landed in Columbus in August 2021, he didn’t know it would be impossible for him to return home. Just days after leaving his family in Afghanistan, the capital city of Kabul was captured by the Taliban.

The College of Public Health is part of a newly launched Ohio State Extension Public Health AmeriCorps program that aims to strengthen the public health workforce pipeline and address community health needs across the state. 

A new Ohio State University College of Public Health collaboration aims to assess and address health literacy gaps that negatively impact health equity and create barriers for patients navigating the health care system.