From Ed Baker:
Brandon Marshall PhD is Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, and the Founding Director of the People, Place & Health Collective (PPHC) at Brown University.
Dr. Marshall focuses on substance use epidemiology, with a specific emphasis on harm reduction research and overdose prevention. His team evaluates programs and policies that aim to improve the health and well-being of people who use drugs.
He is the Principal Investigator of multiple NIH-funded projects, including the Rhode Island Prescription and Injection Drug Use Study (RAPIDS) and PROVIDENT, a randomized trial to prevent overdose deaths in Rhode Island. He is the Scientific Director of PreventOverdoseRI , Rhode Island's drug overdose surveillance and information dashboard, and works closely with the Rhode Island Department of Health to track, measure, and evaluate efforts to address the state's opioid overdose epidemic. He also serves as an expert advisor to the Rhode Island Governor's Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force.