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4 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Abhishek Shankar <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Abhishek Shankar <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 108 Misty Woods Circle Apt M <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone: 919-348-8017 <br /> Email: abhishan@live.unc.edu <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2017 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: C.H. City Limits <br /> Gender Identity: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: Asian American <br /> Age Range: 18-34 <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Community Education Group (policy associate) <br /> UNC s Gillings School of Global Public Health (masters student) <br /> National Association of County and City Health Officials (student member) <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> N/A - have not served on one previously <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Opioid Advisory Committee <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I am a current Masters of Public Health student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel <br /> Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health, concentrating in Health Policy. I also work as a <br /> Policy Associate at Community Education Group, a rural health non-profit that works to eliminate <br /> health disparities and improve public health in communities across Appalachia. I have done <br /> significant research in my professional capacity on best practices related to opioid abatement <br /> across the 13 Appalachian states. This has been supplemented by additional research projects <br /> during my time in graduate school. Prior to this work, I have completed policy research on <br /> prenatal substance abuse linkages to adverse health effects. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I am primarily interested in this board because I want to ensure that opioid abatement efforts are <br /> being pursued in the best interest of Orange County residents, especially those that have been <br /> most affected and communities that are disadvantaged or underserved. As an Orange County <br /> community member of the past 6 years, and someone that has been active especially in the <br /> affordable housing community in Orange County, I am personally invested in seeing that opioid <br /> abatement efforts take on interventions that are practical, evidence-based and highly successful. <br /> I believe that I have a unique perspective and support system to offer, and I am highly invested <br /> in offering any input I can to ensure this process is thorough and equitable. <br /> Is€T°^ve been active with the North Carolina AIDS Action Network and am currently part of a <br /> coalition to reform North Carolinas€TMs Good Samaritan Law(the law that says call 911 in the <br />