Addiction/Substance Use Experts
Gabriel Culbert
Expert on: Correctional health care
Dr. Gabriel Culbert is an associate professor in the Department of Population Health Nursing Science. His research draws on nursing and anthropology disciplines to develop and study interventions to treat and prevent HIV among people who inject drugs and people in prison. Most of his research has been carried out in Indonesia, where HIV is highly prevalent in prisons. He is the developer of two HIV interventions, including a nurse-led intervention to increase HIV medication adherence after prison release (K23 DA041988), and a prison-based HIV partner notification intervention called Impart (R34 MH115779). His current research (R01 MH138246) focuses on sustaining HIV prevention interventions within the organizational context of prisons.
Rohan Jeremiah
Expert on: Global public health; the intersection of substance use, violence and HIV/AIDS
Dr. Rohan D. Jeremiah is an internationally recognized scholar in global public health, applied medical anthropology, and health equity. As professor and associate dean for global health at the UIC College of Nursing, his expertise lies at the intersection of culture, health and healing, with a distinct focus on substance use, violence, trauma and HIV/AIDS. His research aims to advance the health and well-being of racial, ethnic, and gender minority populations, particularly minority men, by developing and implementing culturally responsive, community-engaged public health interventions.
With more than two decades of experience across academic, policy, and community sectors, Dr. Jeremiah’s methodological expertise spans qualitative research, community-based participatory research (CBPR), implementation science, and program evaluation, approaches that guide the development and assessment of equity-focused health initiatives. He has led multiple research projects and provided technical support to multilateral agencies throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and Latin America.