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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…
The Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU), within the Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø 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…
91¿´Æ¬Íø'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…
SPARK was featured in WKSU because preschool education is changing after COVID-19 causes enrollment to drop. 91¿´Æ¬Íø Division of Mental Health and Substance Use evaluates SPARK annually. To read the WKSU article,…
SPARK was featured in WKSU because preschool education is changing after COVID-19 causes enrollment to drop. 91¿´Æ¬Íø Division of Mental Health and Substance Use evaluates SPARK annually. To read the WKSU article,…
AID Training, also known as Awareness, Interaction, and Direction training, provided by the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use was featured in Kent Wired. AID is offered as part of the More Aware Initiative, and is funded by…
'U Good', an initiative by the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use, was featured in an article by KentWired. U Goods, previously called "Flash-Ups" are funded through the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant…
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…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø 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…
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…
