Natalie Crawford

Associate Professor
Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences
Natalie  Crawford

Media Expertise:

Substance Use Disorder

Racial disparities in HIV/AIDS, addiction, and substance use disorder

Contact Rob Spahr, Director of Public Relations, to request an interview: 
rob.spahr@emory.edu

Bio

Dr. Crawford is an Associate Professor in Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She serves as the Co-Director of the Prevention and Implementation Sciences Core in the Center for AIDS Research at Emory. Trained in social epidemiology, she received her PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Crawford completed her post-doctoral training at the University of Michigan as a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar. She graduated from Spelman College where she trained in Women Studies and Biochemistry. Her NIMH-supported research examines the impact of structural interventions in pharmacies on reducing racial inequities in HIV. She is currently advancing the implementation science of HIV prevention services in pharmacies in the US Southeast.

To learn more about how pharmacies can expand access to HIV prevention services in your state, please visit: http://rxeach.org/state-resources/.

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Addiction/Substance Abuse
  • HIV/AIDS Prevention
  • Health Disparities
  • Social Epidemiology
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Implementation Science

Education

  • PhD, Columbia University
  • MPH, Columbia University
  • BA, Spelman College

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