About CDUHR
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Center for Drug Use and HIV Research
Sherry Deren, Ph.D., Director
Marya V. Gwadz, Ph.D., Deputy Director
CDUHR, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is the first center for the socio-behavioral study of drug use and HIV in the United States. The Center is dedicated to increasing the understanding of the drug use-HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly among high-risk individuals. The Center's theme is "An Interdisciplinary Approach to HIV and Other Infectious Diseases." The Center facilitates the development of timely new research efforts and disseminates information to researchers and service providers. It provides a research infrastructure to assist affiliated faculty, investigators and staff conducting HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases research among drug users at the New York University, the National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI), Beth Israel Medical Center's Chemical Dependency Institute and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
CDUHR is organized into six Cores:
Administration Core provides scientific leadership for the Center, and ensures that all activities contribute to synergy across projects and collaborative efforts across investigators. This Core facilitates coordination across Cores, provides centralized services, and promotes the use of interdisciplinary approaches to HIV research.
Core Director: Sherry Deren, Ph.D.
Deputy Core Director: Marya Gwadz, Ph.D.
Operations Coordinator: Dorline Yee
Administrative Coordinator: Carmen Ortiz-Priester
Infectious Diseases Core serves as a resource regarding clinical infectious disease issues among drug users and provides consultation and training for investigators to enhance interdisciplinary studies.
Core Director: David C. Perlman, M.D.
Deputy Core Director: Don C. Des Jarlais, Ph.D.
Deputy Core Director: Madeline Naegle, Ph.D.
Theoretical Synthesis Core provides theoretical training and consultation and engages in theory development to integrate theories drawn from diverse disciplines.
Core Director: Samuel R. Friedman, Ph.D.
Deputy Core Director: David C. Perlman, M.D.
Intervention Research Core provides support for the development of intervention research related to HIV and drug use.
Core Director: Marya Gwadz, Ph.D.
Deputy Core Director: Ann Kurth, Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core fosters optimal approaches to study design and analyses of infectious diseases and prevention in drug users and their communities by providing consultation and training on new methodologies.
Core Director: Holly Hagan, Ph.D.
Deputy Core Director: Don C. Des Jarlais, Ph.D.
Deputy Core Director: Michele Shedlin, Ph.D.
Deputy Core Director: Charles M. Cleland, Ph.D.
Dissemination Core enhances dissemination of research findings to a broad audience of clinicians, researchers, community service providers, and policy makers.
Core Director: Joseph Lunievicz
Deputy Core Director: Shiela M. Strauss, Ph.D.
The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - P30 DA011041.
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