Dr. Rosenberg will review recent work to describe the epidemiology of HCV infection in New York State, centered on the New York Hepatitis C Elimination Initiative. He will discuss emerging findings from the Upstate PWID Study for Infectious Disease Elimination (UPSIDE), an HCV/HIV bio-behavioral survey of persons who inject drugs in 3 upstate New York communities, and implications for future research and surveillance activities.
Dr. Eli Rosenberg is an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University at Albany School of Public Health, SUNY. His research centers on applied and analytic epidemiologic studies that address current public health challenges in HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis surveillance, prevention, and social determinants, with a focus on persons who inject drugs and men who have sex with men.