From Our Centers - News

Since opening at The Ohio State University in 2015, the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (HECAOD) has been developing college campus professionals who support alcohol and drug misuse prevention.

Congratulations to the Age-Friendly Innovation Center (AFIC) and the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) for receiving a partnership award from the Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging.

A new program from the Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education (CPDRE) in The Ohio State University College of Social Work is helping prepare health care workers and first responders with tools to treat people suffering adverse reactions to psychedelic drugs.

LiFEsports is one of over 18 partners dedicated to the Million Coaches Challenge (MCC), an initiative that seeks to transform youth sport by training coaches nationwide in evidence-based positive youth development practices.

Central Ohio has seen a stark increase in the frequency of severe weather events, including extreme heat, flooding, and tornados.

Congratulations to staff member Javier Negrete Jr for his recent appointment to the Institute for Educational Leadership Education’s (IEL) Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP)TM Community Schools Cohort.

A recent article published by Youth Today discusses the impact of positive youth development (PYD) initiatives in sports programs.

Two-thirds of clinical trial participants treated with psilocybin-assisted therapy for major depressive disorder were in complete remission from their depression five years later, a new study has found. 

As a BSSW student, Kethan Mokadam discovered his passion for social work through an exploratory learning class, which ultimately led him to LiFEsports.

Congratulations to Cindy Clouner who recently received the State Visionary Award from the Ohio Prevention Professional’s Association (OPPA). Clouner was honored for her work to advance prevention across the state and serves as the managing director of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (HECAOD).