College of Health and Human Services Department of Global and Community Health

Evelyn Zavala, a Master of Public Health Student at CHHS, has a mission to educate students across the nation on the importance of public health and the career opportunities the field provides.

Supersized alcopops are ready-to-drink flavored alcoholic beverages that have up to five times the alcohol content of beer and appear to be marketed toward young drinkers. A new George Mason University study led by Dr. Matthew Rossheim found that calls to U.S. poison control centers for supersized alcopops disproportionately involved underage drinkers compared to calls for other alcohol products. Better regulation of their alcohol content and retail availability is urgently needed to protect youth.