Alexander LaVake
Biography
Alexander is an adjunct instructor in the School of Public Health, teaching a course on Drug Education.
Alexander is currently Lane County Public Health’s Overdose Prevention and Drug Education Coordinator. Here, he coordinates efforts to reduce overdoses through strategic planning and cross-agency partnership that focus on progressive, evidence-based policy and programming. He coordinates a county-wide drug prevention campaign to promote knowledge, conversation, and normalize harm reduction philosophies.
Education, Degrees
BA Communications, Temple University 2004
Masters of Public Health, Portland State University 2013
¹ CEPH Primary Instructional Faculty
² CEPH Non-Primary Instructional Faculty
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