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Prevention Profiles: Take Five was launched in January 2018. Each podcast is posted monthly and features interviews with individuals at the federal, national, state, and local levels, based around five questions related to drug misuse prevention among college students.
David Anderson

Prevention Profiles: Take Five-David Anderson

David Anderson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, where he worked for over 28 years and served as Professor and Director, Center for the Advancement of Public Health, is this month's guest on Prevention Profiles: Take Five. During the interview, Dr. Anderson discusses findings of concern from the College Alcohol Survey, a new guide on professional competencies for drug and alcohol misuse prevention in higher education, insights from campus-based professionals working on alcohol and drug misuse issues, and more!
Mallory Jordan

Prevention Profiles: Take Five - Mallory Jordan (NASPA)

Mallory Jordan, Senior Director of Health, Safety, & Well-Being Initiatives for NASPA—Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education, is this month's guest on Prevention Profiles: Take Five. During the interview, Mallory discusses ways in which student affairs administrators can provide leadership in preventing drug use and misuse among college students, the impact of states’ legalizing nonmedical marijuana use on the nation’s colleges and universities, benefits and challenges of statewide initiatives to prevent drug use among college students, and more!
Diane Fedorchak and Tommy Claire

Supporting College Students in Recovery

Diane Fedorchak, Program Director, and Tommy Claire, Health Promotion Specialist, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are this month's guests on Prevention Profiles: Take Five. During the interview, Diane and Tommy discuss how the recovery movement has grown on college campuses during recent years, some of the challenges around supporting students in recovery during the past 2½ years of the pandemic, advances and challenges in reducing stigma and discrimination against people with a substance use disorder, and more!
Allison M. Smith

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Prevention

Allison, Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner for Student Health and Wellness at the Louisiana Board of Regents, is this month's guest on Prevention Profiles: Take Five. During the interview, Dr. Smith discusses a significant experience she had during an internship; the importance of cultural competence and cultural humility across all five steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework; approaching diversity, equity, and inclusion in the prevention space for students and staff; ways in which diversity, equity, and inclusion can be increased for new professionals, and more!
Paul Kesner, a former vice president for student affairs, who also served in the Department of Education

Reflections on a Career in Higher Education and the Federal Government

Paul Kesner, recently retired from the U.S. Department of Education, is this month's guest on Prevention Profiles: Take Five. During the interview, Paul reflects on his career serving in both higher education and the federal government. During the interview, Paul discusses some of the changes in drug issues from when he was a Vice President for Student Affairs to now; how being a VP for Student Affairs helped inform his work at ED to prevent drug use not only among college students, but also among students in elementary and secondary education; and some of the issues in K-12 that are having an impact on students now entering college.
Prevention Profiles: Take Five Featuring Tessa Miracle, Ph.D. and Emily Baker, Ph.D.

Prevention Profiles: Take Five Featuring Tessa Miracle, Ph.D. and Emily Baker, Ph.D.

Tessa Miracle, Ph.D., principal investigator of the 2022 College Prescription Drug Study and a lecturer in the College of Pharmacy at The Ohio State University, and Emily Baker, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in the College of Pharmacy at The Ohio State University.
Jeff Coady, Psy.D., Regional Administrator and Acting Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Prevention Profiles: Take Five - Jeff Coady, Psy.D. (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention)

CAPT Jeffrey A. Coady, Psy.D., Acting Director of Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Lowell K. Davis Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs for UNCW

Prevention Profiles: Take Five - Dr. Lowell Davis (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Dr. Lowell Davis joined the University of North Carolina Wilmington as Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs in May of 2021.
Alfred "Chip" Cooke

Prevention Profiles: Take Five - Alfred "Chip" Cooke (Drug Enforcement Administration)

Alfred "Chip" Cooke,  the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Merrillville, Indiana, District Office in the Chicago Field Division, is this episode's guest. During the interview, Chip discusses the importance of DEA's "One Pill Can Kill" initiative, how colleges can get involved with Take Back Day, and gives advice to campus substance misuse professionals.
Dr. Dolores Cimini

Prevention Profiles: Take Five - Dr. Dolores Cimini (University at Albany)

Dr. Dolores Cimini, a senior research scientist within the University at Albany's Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, is our guest for this episode. During the interview, Dolores talks about how her campus used information from the One Pill Can Kill campaign, the similarities between preventing drug misuse among college students and transmitting COVID-19, and much more.
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