Campbell/Spillane Substance Use Research - Interview with D. DesJarlais

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Don C. Des Jarlais, Ph.D., is a leader in the fields of AIDS and injecting drug use, and has published extensively on these topics including articles in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Science, and Nature. He is active in international research, having collaborated on studies in many different countries. He serves as a consultant to various institutions, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the National Academy of Sciences, and the World Health Organization. Dr. Des Jarlais’ research has received numerous awards, including a New York State Department of Health Commissioner’s award for promoting the health of persons who use drugs. He formerly served as a commissioner for the National Commission on AIDS; as a core group member of the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Injecting Drug Use; and as a member of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory Board.He is currently Associate Director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Social-behavioral Theory Core at the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR). He is also Professor, Epidemiology, Social and Behavioral Sciences at New York University’s School of Global Public Health, adjunct faculty of psychiatry and preventive medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and guest investigator at Rockefeller University in New York. Sources: New York University School of Public Health. https://publichealth.nyu.edu/faculty/don-des-jarlais Accessed 07 June 2023. Center for Drug Use and HIV Research. http://www.cduhr.org/profile/des-jarlais-don/#.YWnU7LjMImQ Accessed 15 Oct 2021.