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NIDA T32 predoctoral fellow graduates and NDEWS Co-Director receives promotion

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NIDA T32 Predoctoral trainee Vijaya L. Seegulam graduated Friday, August 8, with her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Florida. Dr. Seegulam’s dissertation focused on cannabis use using All of Us Research Program data. She spent the three years as a NIDA T32 predoctoral fellow working on all aspects within NDEWS such as the Weekly Briefings, Rapid Street Reporting and Virtual HealthStreet primary data collection. We wish her well as she continues to contribute to psychiatric epidemiology in the addiction field. We will also continue to seek her advice on the Briefing as a consultant.

Additionally, in July, NDEWS MPI Dr. Joseph Palamar was promoted to Professor of Population Health at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Palamar specializes in drug use in the US and the New York City nightclub scene, with much of his work focusing on the use of party drugs such as MDMA, ketamine, GHB, methamphetamine, and cocaine.

Congratulations to Drs. Seegulam and Palamar.

NDEWS is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the University of Florida (MPI: Cottler (contact), Co-Is: Goldberger, Nixon, Striley), NYU Langone Health (MPI: Palamar), and Florida Atlantic University (Co-I: Barenholtz)

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