NDEWS was first funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 2014 as an expansion of its longstanding Community Epidemiology Workgroup (CEWG). Through July 2020, the first iteration of this system was overseen by researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Substance Abuse…
Interested in learning more about NDEWS? Join us for our annual summit! The NDEWS 5th Annual Summit will be held on Saturday, June 13 from 2:00–6:00 pm PT as a hybrid event. While registration for the CPDD conference is not required to attend the NDEWS Summit, we encourage you to register and join us for additional presentations by NDEWS Coordinating Center and Early Warning Network.
NIDA T32 Predoctoral trainee Vijaya L. Seegulam graduated Friday, August 8, with her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Florida. Additionally, in July, NDEWS MPI Dr. Joseph Palamar was promoted to Professor of Population Health at NYU Langone Health. Congratulations to Drs. Seegulam and Palamar.
Following the NDEWS 4th Annual Summit, members of the NDEWS Coordinating Center (CC) will present a late-breaking abstract, an oral presentation, symposiums, and posters showcasing our latest data while at CPDD. In addition to presenting at CPDD, NDEWS Director, Dr. Linda Cottler (MPI), will deliver the keynote during the 2025 CPDD/RSA Joint Program focusing on NDEWS.
Jim Hall is a retired epidemiologist who worked for 35 years at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, and since 1982 has served as director of the Up Front Drug Information Center in Miami. From 1984 to 2014, he served as the Florida representative to the NIDA Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG), the predecessor to NDEWS. Through Nova Southeastern University, Hall more recently served as a consultant with the United Way of Broward County’s Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention, formerly the Commission on Substance Abuse, which was one of the earliest drug-free community programs that is part of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).
In April 2020, the second iteration of the NIDA-funded NDEWS was awarded to our team at the University of Florida, New York University, and Florida Atlantic University. We published our first ever NDEWS Weekly Briefing on August 28, 2020. Now on September 20, 2024, we celebrate the publication of our 200th issue of the NDEWS Weekly Briefing. We thank our readers for their support!
This weekend, the NDEWS team will be traveling to attend the 86th CPDD Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec Canada. The NDEWS team will be presenting both an oral presentation and an invited symposium, showcasing our latest data. We invite you to join us for these presentations.
For media inquiries, please contact us at ndews-cc@ufl.edu. Recent media highlights Ketamine: NDEWS Deputy Director Joseph Palamar Featured in CNN FlashDoc Short on Ketamine’s Science and Stigma January 10, 2025: Special K: The Science & Stigma of…
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The NIDA-funded NDEWS Coordinating Center at UF The National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS), funded to the University of Florida by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), provides the field with timely, salient, and valuable information on emerging…
