Our translational activities take many forms. COBE faculty have created an interdisciplinary course that covers the causes of substance use and mental health outcomes, along with research on the promotion of well-being. However, a twist on the course is that it was designed to be interactive such that students complete personal surveys and get information about their own risk profiles and associated prevention strategies. In other words, we make the research personal to them in a way that is intended to be preventative. We host a monthly “COBE Connect” speaker series, which draws faculty, staff, students and community members, for talks that are intended to be approachable presentations of research that are designed to invite discussion with the audience. Our wellness center produces a monthly “Stall Seat Journal” (http://www.thewell.vcu.edu/campus-norms/stall-seat-journal), which is an educational flyer with information related to behavioral health and wellness and is placed on the back of every bathroom stall (and, I’m told, in front of all urinals) in all bathrooms across the campus! Each month, a corner of the Stall Seat Journal (“COBE Corner”) features information about
