Interview with Dr. Ashley Loveless, DrPH, MPH
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Highlights from this episode:
- How public health and criminal justice can work together to address substance use and community safety.
- Why harm reduction tools like drug checking and naloxone save lives and build trust.
- Why relationships and communication are essential for collaboration across public health, law enforcement, and behavioral health.
- How restorative approaches to justice can prioritize healing, prevention, and better health outcomes.
- Why data sharing between public health and public safety is critical to overdose prevention.
- How working directly with marginalized communities can challenge assumptions and strengthen public health practice.
Episode 266 of Public Health Careers
Dr. Ashley Loveless, DrPH, MPH currently serves as the Director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for Adams County Government. She is also the Director of Substance Use Initiatives at High Level Health Solutions.
She is a public health practitioner and systems leader focused on harm reduction, overdose prevention, substance use, and criminal justice.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Public Health at Northeastern University and later completed a Master of Public Health at University of New England followed by a Doctor of Public Health at Medical College of Wisconsin.
She held roles as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Medical University of South Carolina before becoming a Harm Reduction Volunteer at Steady Collective.
Ashley later transitioned to a HIV Project Manager at Mile High Behavioral Healthcare. She’s also worked as a Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator – Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, a Public Health Analyst – CDC Foundation (Overdose Response Strategy), and worked at the Trailhead Institute.
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