The partnership will include research and Force, aiming to reduce overdose deaths by
evaluation collaborations, data exchanges, one-third in three years.
public health job placement initiatives, teaching
agreements, and technical assistance and con-
sultation. In particular, the program will pro-
mote opportunities for collaborative research
with the Brown School of Public Health faculty
and RIDOH staff. This initiative will establish
a centralized mechanism for sharing public
“The Academic Center partnership strengthens
our ties to better translate public health sci-
ence into policy and delivery of services across
the state,” said Ana Novais, executive director
of health, Rhode Island Department of Health.
“The collaboration allows us to develop, imple-
ment, and evaluate cutting-edge public health
health data and information such as
www.preventoverdoseri.org, which supports
the work of Governor Gina M. Raimondo’s
Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task
interventions that will help improve health
outcomes and build healthier communities in
every zip code in Rhode Island.”
The Rhode Island Department of Health
The Rhode Island Department of Health’s mission is to
prevent disease and protect and promote the health and
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For more information, please visit:
www.health.state.ri.us
The OSHEAN Internship program was started in 2012. Our mission is
to provide real-life, hands-on experience in a workplace environment
from experts in the field. Internships are offered on a year round
basis for undergraduate college students.
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