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Aug. 25, 2021
Cassie Shokles
Graduate Research Assistant
What is your degree program?
Master of Public Health (MPH) with an epidemiology specialization. Anticipated graduation date is May 2022.
What do you do…

July 7, 2021
The Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU), within the Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State College of Public Health’s Center for Public Policy and Health has once again been awarded a Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention grant from the…

June 1, 2021
Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ's College of Public Health Partners with Medina County Public Schools to Support Student Mental Health
KENT, OH - Medina County Aware, a project providing Medina County school personnel with mental health awareness…

April 15, 2021
SPARK was featured in WKSU because preschool education is changing after COVID-19 causes enrollment to drop. Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Division of Mental Health and Substance Use evaluates SPARK annually.
To read the WKSU article,…

April 15, 2021
SPARK was featured in WKSU because preschool education is changing after COVID-19 causes enrollment to drop. Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Division of Mental Health and Substance Use evaluates SPARK annually.
To read the WKSU article,…

Feb. 26, 2021
AID Training, also known as Awareness, Interaction, and Direction training, provided by the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use was featured in Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Wired. AID is offered as part of the More Aware Initiative, and is funded by…

Feb. 23, 2021
'U Good', an initiative by the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use, was featured in an article by Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµWired. U Goods, previously called "Flash-Ups" are funded through the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant…

Feb. 23, 2021
KENT, OH - Results from a study, led by William Lechner and colleagues of KSU, were highlighted in a recent Nature article about mental health and alcohol use.
The impact of the pandemic on college students’ mental…
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Jan. 28, 2021
Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State researchers have confirmed a troubling trend: college students are drinking more since the pandemic began. Through extensive surveys, they've found that increased stress and psychological distress have driven this rise in…

Dec. 3, 2020
Campus Drug Prevention highlighted the article put out by WKYC on a study led by William Lechner, Ph.D. and Deric Kenne, Ph.D. that focuses on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the alcohol consumption of college students.
To…