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Adam Gushgari
Fighting the opioid epidemic
What can we learn from wastewater? Adam Gushgari, PhD, Civil Environment and Sustainable Engineering, works with local governments to collect non-invasive and anonymous samples of wastewater to understand community drug abuse. The collected data help local officials better focus education, actions and policies toward efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.