STUDENT SERVICE SPOTLIGHT - CALEB SNEAD, BSHP-MPH

By Lauren Baggett

In high school, Caleb Snead planned to study public policy in college, but strong passions for health and science, as well as the interdisciplinary nature of public health, led him to UGA where he is earning his bachelor’s degree in health promotion and a master’s degree in public health as a part of UGA’s Double Dawgs program.

This year, Caleb was able to apply the skills he’s learned in his coursework to research coresponder

models to help strengthen mental health resources and infrastructure within the city of Moultrie, located in rural south Georgia. Working with UGA’s Archway Partnership as a Public Service & Outreach Student Scholar, Caleb had the opportunity to translate his research on a co-responder model in Athens-Clarke County to provide recommendations for a program designed to refocus the way police respond to emergency calls involving people experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis.

He will present the findings of his research and share his experiences working with the Moultrie Police Department to Georgia’s public health workforce this fall at the College’s annual State of the Public’s Health conference.

Photo: Shannah Montgomery