Hannah Cooper
Professor
Faculty, Behavioral/Social/Health Educ
Secondary Appointment, Epidemiology

Dr. Cooper holds the Rollins Chair of Substance Use Disorders Research and directs Spark, the Rollins Program on Substance Use Disorders. Her scientific expertise includes studying the social determinants of drug-related harms, with a particular focus on harm reduction and health equity. She applies multilevel, geospatial, and qualitative methods to explore these topics. Dr. Cooper co-leads TADA, a NIDA-funded pre-doctoral program designed to train doctoral students in applying advanced data analytics to studying and ending drug-related harms.
Contact Information
Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
Atlanta , GA 30322
1518-002-5AA, Room # GCR 520
Phone: (404) 727-0261
Fax: (404) 727-1369
Email: hcoope3@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Addiction/Substance Abuse
- Behavior and Health
- Health Disparities
- HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Social Epidemiology
Education
- ScD 2003, Harvard School of Public Health
- SM 1998, Harvard School of Public Health
- BA 1993, Yale
Affiliations & Activities
Participation in National Panels and Task Forces
2019-present NASEM Task Force on Public Health Interventions to Address the Opioid Crisis, member
2018-present ASPPH Task Force on Public Health Initiatives to Address the Substance Abuse Crisis, member
2018-present CDC’s Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support’s “Social Determinants of Health Think Tank,” member
2018 NIDA/OBSSR Panel on Contributions of Social and Behavioral Research in Addressing the Opioid Crisis, member
RESEARCH FUNDING
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Active
- Kentucky Communities and Researchers Engaging to Halt the Opioid Epidemic (UG3 NA044798- S1)
PI or MPI: Hannah Cooper/April Young (MPI)
Funder: NIDA/SAMHSA/CDC/ARC
2018-2023 Developing the Evidence Base for Overdose Policies: A Multilevel Analysis of NHBS (DA046187)
PI or MPI: Hannah Cooper
Funder: NIDA
- Kentucky Communities and Researchers Engaging to Halt the Opioid Epidemic (UG3 NA044798)
PI or MPI: Hannah Cooper/April Young (MPI)
Funder: NIDA/SAMHSA/CDC/ARC
2016-2018 Novel Methods for Research on Young Rural Opioid Users at Risk of HIV,
HCV & OD (R21 DA042727)
PI or MPIs: Cooper/Young
Funder: NIDA
2015-2023 Prevention Science Core of Emory’s Center for AIDS Research (P30
AI050409)
PI or MPIs: Cooper/Sullivan
Funder: NIAID
2014-2019 Metropolitan Trajectories of HIV Epidemics & Responses in US Key
Populations (R01 DA037568)
PI or MPIs: Cooper/Friedman/Stall (multi-PI proposal)
Funder: NIDA
2013-2019 Place Characteristics & Disparities in HIV in IDUs: A Multilevel Analysis of NHBS (R01DA035101 01)
PI or MPIs: Cooper
Funder: NIDA
Publications
- Cooper HLF, **Clark CD, Barham T, **Embry V, **Caruso B, Comfort M., 2014, "He was the story of my drug use life": a longitudinal qualitative study of the impact of partner incarceration on substance misuse patterns among African-American women., Substance Use and Misuse, 49(1-2), 176-188
- Cooper HLF, Linton S, **Haley DF, Kelley ME, **Dauria EF, Karnes CC, Ross Z, Hunter-Jones J, Renneker KK, del Rio C, Adimora A, Wingood GM, Rothenberg RR, Bonney LE., 2014, Changing Exposure to Neighborhood Characteristics Are Associated with Sexual Network Characteristics in a Cohort of Adults Relocating from Public Housing., AIDS and Behavior, in press, ,
- Cooper HLF, Tempalski B., 2014, Editorial: Integrating place into research on drug use, drug users' health, and drug policy., International Journal of Drug Policy, in press, ,
- Cooper HLF, **Haley DF, Linton S, Hunter-Jones J, Martin M, Kelley ME, Karnes CC, Ross Z, Adimora AA, del Rio C, Rothenberg R., Wingood GM, Bonney LE., 2014, Impact of Public Housing Relocations: Are changes in neighborhood conditions related to STIs among relocaters?, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, in press, ,
- Cooper HLF, Hunter-Jones J, Kelley ME, Karnes C, **Haley D, Ross Z, Rothenberg R, Bonney LE., 2014, The Aftermath of Public Housing Relocations: Relationships between Changes in Local Socioeconomic Conditions and Depressive Symptoms in a Cohort of Adult Relocaters., Journal of Urban Health., 91(2), 223-241