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- , best-selling author of Hillbilly Elegy.
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This forum is 欧博娱乐 latest in an ongoing research and evaluation forum series co-sponsored by ICF and GW. The series explores public health related topics such as behavioral science, cancer, childhood immunization, e-cigarettes, mobile health, obesity, worksite wellness survey methods.
ICF helps government, private sector, nonprofit, and academic clients solve complex problems with scientific, analytic, and research capabilities. For nearly half a century, our work has impacted international, state, and local public health issues such as bio-surveillance, cancer, children’s health, immunization, mental health, natural disasters, obesity, prescription opioid overdose, and suicide prevention.
For more information, please visit ICF’s government health solutions or register for “Opioid Use: An Epidemic of Addiction, Not Abuse,” on November 1 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm in GW’s Jack Morton Auditorium (805 21st NW, Washington, D.C.).