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As a data abstractor in the New Jersey Department of Health, it is Pinzon’s job to log data from death certificates, coroner/medical examiner reports and toxicology reports in the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). When overdose deaths occur, Pinzon receives raw reports and inputs them. And Pinzon’s work has had a major impact on community response.

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A Multi-Generational Commitment to Bettering the World

Joanna Buffington kept going to school because she loved learning—and, in her words, because she didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up. She discovered a passion for science while an undergraduate at Wesleyan, but it wasn't until graduate school at Tufts that she decided to continue on to a medical education, rather than work in labs that conducted experiments on animals.

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While beautiful, the vast evergreen forests that cover rural northwest Montana pose an increasingly common health hazard: destructive wildfires. An insect called a Douglas-fir beetle is killing these trees–perfect fuel for summer fires. Through a CDC Foundation project, local residents can save their trees by using a safe chemical that mimics a pheromone that repels these destructive insects.

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