Since August 2020, a talented team of students in OSU’s Center for Health Innovation have provided “surge” support to local public health departments in response to COVID-19.
![Surge bench students Sarra Hawash, Marisol De La Torre, Shahad Almahdi and Tia McPharlin take time out with Sandi Phibbs at a max vaccination event.](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/2098/files/2021/10/ochi-covid-opengraph.jpg)
Since August 2020, a talented team of students in OSU’s Center for Health Innovation have provided “surge” support to local public health departments in response to COVID-19.