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The following column appeared in the Autumn/Winter 2019 issue of Ohio State Public Health, the College of Public Health's magazine.

Ohio State Public Health’sErinnAulfingersat down withassistant professorShawnitaSealy-Jefferson,PhD, MPH, who joined the College of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology this academic year.Dr. Sealy-Jefferson has an MPH in public health practice from Wayne State University and a PhD in epidemiological sciences from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.

MaryDiOrio, MD, MPH, is the medicaldirectorofqualityandpopulationhealthat theOhioHealth Physician Group. She graduated in 1994 with Doctor of Medicine from Ohio State’s College of Medicine and in 2000 with a Master of Public Health from Ohio State’s School of Public Health.

CPH students delivered donations for the second annual winter clothing drive, benefiting families in southern Ohio affected by the opioid epidemic.

Undergraduate students approaching graduation gained invaluable experience in areas such as human trafficking, pharmaceuticals and more, and presented their work at a poster session on Dec. 6.

Public health leaders, practitioners, organizations and educators were among the seven honorees at the college's annual awards ceremony on Tuesday.

Over 100 participants gathered at the Columbus Foundation in November for a two-day conference focused on harm reduction and substance use.

Approximately 40College of Public Health faculty, students, staff and alumni attended the 2018 American Public Health Association(APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo in SanDiego, many of whom presented to attendees from around the world.

Undergaduate studentKaitlyn Jones presented her research on health disparities faced by black women at the APHA Annual Meeting in San Diego.

After more than nine years, Tabitha Hootman finds herself a few courses away from earning her BSPH.