Archive:student spotlight

• ADPP Alum Wins Jane L. Mixer Memorial Award

  Congratulations are in order to David Seaman, MS ADPP 2023, for winning the prestigious Jane L. Mixer Memorial Award from the University of Michigan Law! The Mixer Award is presented to the Michig

  Category: News Tags: alumni, awards, law, student spotlight

• Hoyas for Recovery at Georgetown Day!

  M.S. ADPP joins Georgetown in celebrating the end of classes, while also promoting student health, wellbeing, and safety. At Georgetown Day, students gather to celebrate the end of the year before sp

  Category: News Tags: alumni, events, recovery, student spotlight

• Navigating the Continuum of Care: MS ADPP Students and Alumni Lead Interactive Workshop

  Last week, current student Amber Lashbaugh (MS ADPP 2026), recent alum Rachel Bowling (MS ADPP 2025), and Drug Policy Analyst Layal Harfouch joined the MS ADPP Integrative Seminar class to facilitate

  Category: News Tags: alumni, director, events, recovery, student spotlight

• Welcome, New Students! Graduate Welcome Day at the School of Health

  Last weekend, our program welcomed new School of Health students and prospective students to the brand-new Capitol Campus! In partnership with the M.S. Global Health, Global Infectious Disease, and C

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• “Policy Shapes Everything:” Two Student Spotlights

  ADPP students and alumni, it's hard to keep up with all of your accomplishments! This week, we're thrilled to be highlighting the accomplishments of not one, but two current and former MS ADPP studen

  Category: News Tags: alumni, politics, publication, research, student spotlight

• “Nothing Less Than Justice:” Amber Lashbaugh ’26 on Supporting Women in Recovery

  Amber Lashbaugh (MS '26) recently published an article on supporting women in recovery for Ms., a national feminist magazine. In honor of National Recovery Month, Amber investigates the specific

  Category: News Tags: gender, politics, publication, recovery, research, student spotlight

• “Help is Here:” Jacob Lignell ’26 and Professor LaBelle in The Hoya

  As The Hoya reflects on International Overdose Awareness Day, the student newspaper spotlights recovery and harm reduction measures across Georgetown, including the training and distribution of naloxone that the M.S. Addiction Policy & Practice program developed with HOYADOPE.

  Category: News Tags: director, overdose, publication, recovery, student spotlight

• Student Publication: Substance Use Disorder Recovery Research Opportunities

  Mary Davis (MS ADPP '23) has co-authored a newly-published article on substance use disorder recovery research opportunities in Frontiers, a leading publisher of peer-reviewed, open-source scientific

  Categories: Announcements, News Tags: publication, recovery, research, student spotlight

• Saving Medicaid: Molly McGrath ’22 Published in Pittsburgh Gazette

  Congress must see the indispensable role of Medicaid in reducing overdose deaths, and not haphazardly freeze lifesaving federal grant programs that also provide medication treatment to the uninsured

  Category: News Tags: medicaid, overdose, publication, recovery, student spotlight

• “Where Can We Find Common Ground?” Program Director and Current Student Discuss The Next Era of Drug Policy

  "Drug policy, addiction policy, has...been top of mind for a lot of individuals...research shows that 40% of people in the United States know someone who died of a drug overdose. And I think that sa

  Category: News Tags: director, podcast, politics, student spotlight