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The Vermont Center on Behavior and Health (VCBH) is delighted to welcome guest speaker Brandon Marshall,PhD, associate professor of epidemiology at Brown University School of Public Health and scientific director of PreventOverdoseRI, to our #VCBHLectureSeries on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 12 PM ET.

Dr. Marshall will present, “Social, Structural, and Environmental Drivers of the Opioid Overdose Crisis.” He will discuss recent research that aims to unpack how these three vectors have contributed to the opioid overdose crisis and which strategies are most effective to reduce overdose deaths in highly-affected areas. Dr. Marshall will also discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the effectiveness of the most promising strategies.

Dr. Marshall is the principal investigator on multiple NIH- and CDC-funded studies that seek to improve the health of people who use drugs. His research focuses on substance use epidemiology, infectious diseases, and the social, environmental, and structural determinants of health of drug-using populations. At PreventOverdoseRI, Rhode Island’s drug overdose surveillance and information dashboard, Dr. Marshall works closely with the Rhode Island Department of Health to track, measure, and evaluate efforts to address the state’s opioid epidemic. He also serves as an expert advisor to Governor Gina Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force. Dr. Marshall received his PhD from the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia and completed his postdoctoral training at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Health. He has authored more than 250 publications and has received numerous accolades for his work including 2016 Early Career Award from the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and the 2019 Early Career Public Health Research Award from the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health.