School of Public Health Ph.D. Student, Dina Jones, Recieves Award for APHA Poster Presentation

2017 Nov 14

Dina Jones, a Georgia State University School of Public Health student from Temple, received an award from the American Public Health Association's Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Section for her research poster presentation during the association's annual conference in Atlanta, held Nov. 4-8.

Jones, a 3rd year epidemiology Ph.D. candidate, showcased her research into the relationships between the body's response to chronic stress and drug use. Her poster was titled, "Associations Between High Allostatic Load and Substance Use by Gender and Race."

Jones was one of only three student presenters to receive the award from the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Section of APHA.