With a focus on Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont, a project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse will analyze trends in drug use and barriers to care with the goal of strengthening treatment.
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Brandon Marshall, Ph.D.
Director, People, Place and Health Collective, Professor of Epidemiology
Biography
Research Interests: Opioids and substance use, Harm reduction, Substance use epidemiology, Harm reduction research; the social, environmental, and structural determinants of health of drug-using populations
Recent News
The Nation
Disaster Awaits Us if the NIH Dies
Biomedical and public health research in the United States now finds itself in an existential moment. The government’s proposed changes, if allowed to take place, will absolutely decimate not just the nation’s but the world’s ability to study disease, therapeutics, and health outcomes.
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Research out of Brown University is making its way to the national spotlight. It concerns the overdose prevention center in Providence.
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An assessment by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health revealed that before the opening of an OPC in Providence, people living and working in the area were generally supportive.
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Wall Street Journal
Drug Overdoses Are on the Decline, in Charts
Fatalities from drugs including fentanyl are down from recent peaks.
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With the first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center about to open in Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University epidemiologist Brandon Marshall explained how researchers will measure its impact.
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