November
29
1-2pm
708 Broadway, Room 801 / Online
Hosted by the GPH Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health (CASJPH)
As part of the CASJPH Seminar Series, join Saba Rouhani, PhD, MSc for a presentation examining the design, implementation and impacts of de facto drug decriminalization policies in the United States.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Saba Rouhani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at GPH, and joins the school as inaugural faculty at its Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health. Her research is focused on characterizing the structural environment that influences the risk of overdose and other drug-related harms; she investigates the impact of harm reduction and overdose prevention initiatives, using results to identify gaps in implementation and to inform policy. Dr. Rouhani is especially interested in how drug policy has fueled mass incarceration and impacted racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, and she studies how changes to the policy and policing landscape may promote or hinder equity in health and social outcomes. Her current research is focused on characterizing emerging drug decriminalization policies and modeling their impacts on equity in criminal legal involvement and health outcomes.
Dr. Saba Rouhani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at GPH, and joins the school as inaugural faculty at its Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health. Her research is focused on characterizing the structural environment that influences the risk of overdose and other drug-related harms; she investigates the impact of harm reduction and overdose prevention initiatives, using results to identify gaps in implementation and to inform policy. Dr. Rouhani is especially interested in how drug policy has fueled mass incarceration and impacted racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, and she studies how changes to the policy and policing landscape may promote or hinder equity in health and social outcomes. Her current research is focused on characterizing emerging drug decriminalization policies and modeling their impacts on equity in criminal legal involvement and health outcomes.
In-person attendance is only open to current NYU students, faculty, and administrators. The general public will only be allowed to participate virtually.