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NSU Epidemiologist Featured in News Stories on New Designer Drug
Jim Hall Provides Information/Insight into Flakka
James N. Hall, Nova Southeastern University Epidemiologist
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – James N. Hall, a Nova Southeastern University epidemiologist who studies substance use and drug outbreaks, has been featured by multiple media outlets in stories on a street drug on the rise – Flakka.
Hall is a drug abuse epidemiologist affiliated with the Nova Southeastern University’s Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities. He is the Miami-based member of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Community Epidemiology Work Group. Hall compiles local drug abuse data including hospitalizations, deaths, addiction treatment, prevalence, and drug pricing, strength and abuse trends, and works closely with local drug abuse coalitions, law enforcement, and other community organizations. He served as the executive director of Up Front Drug Information and Education Center in Miami from 1982-2012 and was the recipient of the 2010 Path of Public Health Award for Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Services from Florida International University. Mr. Hall is also a member of the Florida Behavioral Health Advisory Workgroup.
You can see the media stories below:
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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MSN.com
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel (4-7-15)
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Medical Daily
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WBNS – Ch. 10, Columbus Ohio
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Monthly Prescribing Reference
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Times Gazette