Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Program on HIV and Substance Use Curt Beckwith, Brad Brockmann, Lauri Bazerman, Julia Harvey, Amy Nunn Alpert Medical School of Brown University The Miriam Hospital
Lifespan/Brown CJRT Education training grant sponsored by NIDA (R25DA037190) Goals: Increase the number and capacity of clinical scientists working with CJ populations Support the development of NIH research careers
Ahalt et al, Annals Int Med, 2015 The State of Research Funding from the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Reviewed NIH research and training grants awarded Found there is limited federal funding for research focused on understanding and improving the health of criminal-justice involved persons NIDA is the largest funder of criminal justice-related research The CJRT training program aims to prepare investigators for federally funded research careers in the field
CJRT Faculty/Staff Curt Beckwith, MD, Director/PI Division of Infectious Diseases Amy Nunn, ScD, Co-I Brown School of Public Health Brad Brockmann, JD, Co-I Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights Executive Committee Tim Flanigan, MD Josiah Rich, MD, MPH Peter Friedmann, MD, MPH Christopher Kahler, PhD Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH Marina TouloShams, PhD Staff: Lauri Bazerman, MS Julia Harvey
CJRT Curriculum Two year supplemental training program Does not provide salary support Summer Institute for Clinical and Translational Research offered by the Brown University School of Public Health 6 weeks on site at Brown (May/June) Coursework: Research methods Grant writing Criminal justice and health disparities
CJRT Curriculum (continued) Mentored research experience At home institution with local mentor and CJRT R25 mentoring team Primary research or secondary analysis of existing database Funds to support pilot research projects (up to $15,000 per participant)
Participant Eligibility Early career research scientists from the U.S. and Puerto Rico Junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and exceptional predoctoral candidates are welcome to apply on a rolling basis The first group of five trainees from a range of disciplines has started the program
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD Position: Doctoral student at Vanderbilt University, incoming Post- Doctoral Fellow at Brown University Area of research interest: how incarceration can act as a catalyst for worsening health, as well as transgender populations and HIV
Emily Dauria, PhD, MPH Current position: Adolescent/ Young Adult Biobehavioral HIV T32 Postdoctoral Fellow Current institution: Brown University Areas of research interest: employing mixed methods to explore and address sexual and reproductive health disparities among women affected by the criminal justice system, either through their own criminaljustice involvement or that of their romantic or sexual partner and exploring substance use, mental health, and HIV/STI risk among criminal-justice involved juveniles and adults.
Kimberly Dong, MS, RD Current position: DrPH Student Institution: Tufts University Area of research interest: improving dietary quality in correctional facilities to achieve better physical and mental health outcomes with a particular emphasis on individuals with HIV and reducing food insecurity upon release from prison
Laneshia McCord, PhD, MSW Current position: Assistant Professor Institution: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, School of Social Work, Area of research interest: health behaviors among incarcerated persons age 50 and older, how conditions of imprisonment can exacerbate HIV risk behaviors among this special population, and how lack of geriatric accommodations in the prison system intensifies risk behaviors and comorbidities.
Amanda Noska, MD, MPH Current position: Infectious Disease Fellow Institution: Brown University Area of research interest: overlap between injection drug use, sex exchange, depression, and abuse history as this relates to transmission of HIV and hepatitis C among women with histories of incarceration
Further information available at: www.lifespanbrowncjrt.org