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Expert on Substance Use/Abuse Added to ARSH Team
Kimberly Durham, Psy.D., executive dean of NSU’s Institute for the Study of Human Service, Health and Justice, has announced the addition of epidemiologist James N. Hall to the Center for Applied Research on Substance Abuse and Health Disparities (ARSH).
A veteran in the field of the substance use/abuse, Hall served as the executive director of Up Front Drug Information and Education Center in Miami from 1982-2012. Moreover, as State representative for the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Community Epidemiology Work Group, he has spent the past 27 years tracking the patterns and trends of substance abuse in Florida. Hall was the recipient of the 2010 Path of Public Health Award of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Services from Florida International University and he is currently assisting a U.S. government project for the development of a substance abuse epidemiology work group on Iraq.
During his career, Hall has focused on converting research about emerging drug abuse problems into community based solutions. He plans to continue this mission while collaborating with ARSH investigators on other important projects. Hall’s work at the University is made possible by a community partnership with the United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse, The Miami Coalition, and the Florida Department of Children and Families.