Thursday, March 14, 2024

Josiah Rich, MD, MPH: “The Opioid and Overdose Crisis in Rhode Island and Beyond: An Update”

At the peak of the AIDS epidemic, 50,000 Americans died in a single year. For two years in a row now, over 100,000 Americans have died each year from overdose. If not for the COVID pandemic, this would be the worst health crisis in the US in a century. This talk will review research strategies to address the opioid and overdose crisis.

About the Speaker

Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH is professor of medicine and epidemiology at Brown University and attending physician at The Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals. He is a clinical researcher with over 25 years of continuous federal research funding and a board certified infectious disease and addiction specialist with over 30 years of clinical experience. He is a consultant to the Rhode Island Department of Corrections where he has provided weekly clinical care since 1994. He has testified in the US Congress, is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, has presented at conferences across the country and has authored over 250 peer reviewed publications in academic journals.

He earned his undergraduate degree at Columbia college, his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts and a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University. He completed his internship and residency at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, and fellowship in infectious diseases at the Harvard combined program.

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