County Overdose Prevention Strategist named 2025 Bloomberg American Health Fellow

Deschutes County Health Services is proud to announce that Ana Woodburn, an Overdose Prevention and Response Strategist, has been named a 2025 Bloomberg American Health Fellow. She is one of 60 fellows selected from across the United States.

Ana has worked as a health educator and an overdose prevention and response strategist for County Health Services since 2022. She works to keep community members safe from drug overdoses now and in the future by:

• Monitoring overdose data

• Building a prevention coalition

• Improving access to Naloxone (Narcan)

• Collaborating with service providers to create a healthier and safer community

Through the Bloomberg fellowship, Ana will continue her important work at the County while earning a fully funded Master of Public Health degree with a focus in addiction and overdose, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ana will participate as a part-time online student and has up to four years to complete the program, however, she says she intends to finish in two and a half years.

This is the ninth cohort of fellows for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. This year’s fellows come from 59 different organizations and will work to address public health challenges in five focus areas: addiction and overdose, adolescent health, environmental challenges, food systems for health, and violence.

To learn more about the fellowship program, please visit the Bloomberg American Health website. You can find Ana Woodburn’s bio at this link.

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Media Contact:

Kim Katchur, Public Information Officer

(541) 322-7441