Academia
Alisha Barton, Miami County Extension educator, received her Masters of Science from Ohio State's College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences.
Grants
Sandra Allison, Lake County Extension educator, received a grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation to help fight the opioid epidemic in Lake County. The grant is designed to expand medication safety education for thousands of students in K-12 schools and universities, using “Generation Rx” educational materials.
Ingrid Adams, Extension specialist, was awarded a one-time $14,500 grant from the City of Columbus to engage more deeply with the City and its partner organizations to address the disparities that exist, and ensure bright futures for boys and young men of color.
Michael Betz, assistant professor and Extension state specialist, was awarded a $34,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to research the economic impact of opioid misuse in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia; Mike is the principal investigator (PI) on a 2-year $1.1 million grant from SAMHSA to implement and evaluate evidence-based drug-abuse reduction curricula in rural Ohio middle-schools. He is also co-investigator on two other grants from the Ohio Department of Higher Education and USDA NIFA totaling $720k over two years to do the same in four additional Ohio counties.
Sanja Ilic, assistant professor and Extension state specialist, received a Connect and Collaborate Grant from Global One Health initiative (GOHi) in partnership with the OAA, Office of Outreach and Engagement partners for their project, Development of an Education and Outreach Program to Assist Fresh Produce Growers with Meeting Food Safety Requirements.
Caezilia Loibl, associate professor and Extension state specialist, received a $20,000 Connect and Collaborate grant for "Improving Quality of Life of Chronically Ill Individuals through Financial Coaching; Caezilia was awarded a $134,578 grant from the Social Security Administration Retirement and Disability Research Consortium at the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As co-PI, the project will investigate “Debt Stress and Mortgage Borrowing in Older Age: Implications for Economic Security in Retirement.” The team also includes Stephanie Moulton (PI), John Glenn College of Public Affairs, and Donald Haurin, OSU Department of Economics.