Associate Professor of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center
Dr. Palamar is an Associate Professor of Population Health at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center and he a research affiliate at the NYU Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR). He earned his BA in forensic psychology from CUNY, and earned his two masters degrees (in psychology and in public health) and doctorate (in public health) from NYU. His primary research focus is drug use epidemiology, with specialty in drug policy, club drugs, drug-related risky sexual behavior, and attitudinal predictors of drug use. He is interested in informing prevention and harm reduction among those at risk for adverse effects associated with drug use--particularly those in the nightclub and dance festival scenes. He has published somewhat extensively about drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy (MDMA, Molly), GHB, methamphetamine, ketamine, cocaine, and synthetic marijuana. Through his new NIH-funded grant he has been examining use of new and emerging synthetic drugs. He is also a data analyst and teaches statistics.
How many Americans really misuse opioids? Why scientists still aren't sure
Sep 25, 2018 17:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
With rates of prescription opioid use disorder and opioid-involved overdose deaths on the rise, the U.S. opioid crisis appears to be continuing unabated. Data on overdose and death are pretty reliable. But theres still...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight