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Olivia Sugarman, PhD, MPH, an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Sugarman studies how policies can promote access to high-quality health services for historically marginalized people, specifically people who use drugs.

Jirka Taylor, MPhil, MA is a PhD candidate at the Department of Health Policy and Management. He is interested in studying drug policy and intersections between policy systems would like to help policymakers and practitioners help navigate those intersections. 

#WeRideTogether is a nonprofit organization that shines a light on sexual abuse in youth and amateur sports. We talked to Executive Director Michaela Callie, MBA to learn more about their important work.

Annelise Ware, MHS recently graduated with a Masters of Health Science degree from the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Mental Health. Her master’s thesis was on child sexual abuse in aesthetic sports. 

Luciana C. Assini-Meytin, PhD, MS is an Associate Scientist at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, affiliated with the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. 

The Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) held their annual conference April 7-9 at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City. We were lucky to be hosted by the Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention. Over 500 participants from around the country participated in this premier conference to share and learn about life-saving research to prevent injuries and violence.