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Firoz Abdoel Wahid and Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH

Faculty honored for teaching excellence

Two faculty members have received special recognition for their teaching expertise.

Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann

Media project gives families outlet to help process grief of losing a child

Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann developed the collaborative filmmaking model as a research tool to let people tell their own stories.

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Deadly overdoses fell in the U.S. for the 1st time in 5 years, new estimates show

“You can make a case that it’s come down, but it’s come down because the covid impact is less now,” said Burke, dean emeritus.