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Alum Reduces Opiate Overdose Deaths Through Program at ODH
As coordinator for Project DAWN, Amy Holthusen, MPH ‘15, has helped distribute more than 18,000 opiate overdose reversal kits to communities across Ohioin the throesof the opioid epidemic.

FROM CLASSROOM TO CAMEROON: Alum puts BSPH to work in Peace Corps
Sesen Paulos, BSPH '15, puts public health skills to use in Cameroon with the Peace Corps.

Tobacco 21 becomes law in Columbus with leadership from CPH faculty
Columbus recently passed a law known as Tobacco 21, which raised the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21.

“Smart Foodsheds” project aims to improve food security in Columbus, Sacramento
A new NSF-funded project involving CPH assistant professor of environmental health sciences Ayaz Hyder, PhD, focuses on improving food security and community health through smarter regional food systems.

Epi PhD candidate wins national award for dissertation on pediatric traumatic brain injury
Jin Peng, MD, MS,was honored for her dissertation research, “Caregiver-perceived Barriers to Return for Follow-up after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),” which was funded in part by an Ohio Department of Safety (ODPS) EMS grant.