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7 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Chris Ringwalt <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Dr. Chris Ringwalt <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 144 N. Wake St. <br /> Hillsborough NC 27278 <br /> Phone: 919-259-0643 <br /> Email: RINGWALT@PIRE.ORG <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1982 <br /> Township of Residence: Hillsborough <br /> Zone of Residence: Town of Hillsborough <br /> Gender Identity: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 60+ <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> * Yokefellows Prison Ministry at Orange Correctional <br /> * Board member at Reentry House + <br /> * Friendship circles for recently released prison inmates <br /> * Hillsborough Urban Gardens (HUGs) <br /> * Justice United (Mental Health Group) <br /> * UNC School of Public Health (Adjunct Professor) <br /> * Chair, American Council for St. Luke s University, Tokyo <br /> * St. Matthews Episcopal Church <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Opioid Advisory Committee <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I have a DrPH (Public Health)from UNC and a longstanding personal and professional interest <br /> in the prevention of opioid overdose. I was active for many years in the NC Harm Reduction <br /> Coalition, and have served as a preceptor for a UNCSPH Capstone Team supporting its <br /> activities. Professionally, I have received multiple grants to conduct research in this area, and <br /> have published a number of pertinent manuscripts (which I d be glad to specify upon request), <br /> most recently in JAMA. I am very familiar with the State s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program <br /> (PDMP), and have mined its data to support the activities of the NC State Medical Board in <br /> identifying providers with a history of excess or frequent prescriptions. I have also conducted the <br /> largest evaluation to date of community-based efforts across the State to prevent opioid <br /> overdose, working closely with Kay Sanford of Project Lazarus. Like Kay, I am very interested in <br /> applying harm reduction principles and practices to support the transition of newly released <br /> inmates <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />