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Appendix B Speaker and Planning Committee Member Biosketches
Pages 143-156

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... His expertise is on the use of law to improve health, with focus on drug policy, reducing the spread of infectious disease, and the role of the criminal justice system in shaping public health outcomes. By melding legal and scientific methods, he designs and evaluates interventions such as laws intended to curb opioid overdose and police trainings to align enforcement practices with public health goals.
From page 144...
... Burk worked as a CapacityBuilding Program Manager at the Harm Reduction Coalition, where she worked nationally to expand syringe access service provision and overdose prevention services. As part of the Health Care for the Homeless team of Public Health Seattle & King County, Ms.
From page 145...
... Subsequently, he completed his internal medicine internship, internal medicine/social medicine and global health equity residency, and public health degree at the University of Miami. He completed his infectious diseases fellowship at Emory University.
From page 146...
... School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, a 2017–2019 Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine, and a UAB Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Mentored Career Development Program Scholar with an interest in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) /sexually transmitted infection (STI)
From page 147...
... She performed fellowships in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins and a fellowship in critical care medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
From page 148...
... In September 2017, she took command of the Criminal Investigation Division, which oversees three sections: the Major Crimes Section (Homicide, Sex Offense, Child & Vulnerable Adult Abuse Cases) ; Organized & Economic Crimes Section (Commercial Robberies, Economic Crimes, Homeland Security & Intelligence)
From page 149...
... Two distinguished awards Captain Goodwin is most proud of receiving are the Department's Silver Star Award for her leadership as the Civil Disturbance Unit's Commander during the Baltimore City Riots of April 2015 and the Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce's award of "Women Who Make a Difference" in 2017. Captain Goodwin received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park, and her Master of Science Degree in Business Management from Johns Hopkins University.
From page 150...
... Ms. Greene also spent many years in various roles within HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care, including more than 7 years as a Senior Project Officer for the Community Health Center program.
From page 151...
... Linn Award for research that improves the lives of people living with HIV and a 2012–2013 Fulbright Scholar award to study integration of HIV and addiction care in Vietnam. Matthew La Rocco, CADC, is the Community Liaison for the Louisville Metro Syringe Exchange Program.
From page 152...
... Dr. Linas directs the HIV/HCV core of the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorders, HCV, and HIV, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in collaboration with Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, and Miami University.
From page 153...
... He is also a practicing infectious disease specialist since 1994 at the Miriam Hospital Immunology Center, providing clinical care for more than 22 years, and at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, caring for prisoners with HIV infection and working in the correctional setting doing research. He has published close to 190 peer-reviewed publications, predominantly in the overlap between infectious diseases, addictions, and incarceration.
From page 154...
... on several R01s, including one funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to evaluate XR-NTX to improve HIV treatment outcomes via preventing relapse to alcohol use among HIV-infected prisoners with alcohol use disorders transitioning to the community and an NIDA R01 that evaluated XR-NTX to improve HIV treatment outcomes and prevent relapse to opioid use among opioid-dependent released criminal justice–populations. She was recently awarded an R01 from NIDA as co-PI evaluating immunobiological outcomes among persons with opioid use disorders starting MAT.
From page 155...
... or Co-PI on numerous National Institutes of Health grants, including several randomized controlled trials of behavioral, psychosocial, and pharmacological treatments for opioid and other SUDs. She is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Node of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, and for the past 15–20 years has been involved in translational research and the dissemination of evidence-based practices (e.g., motivational interviewing, safer sex skill building)
From page 156...
... in community psychology from Georgia State University and his master's degree in psychology from California State University, Long Beach. Nickolas Zaller, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the College of Public Health Department of Health Behavior and Health Education and is Director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Office of Global Health.


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