The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) invite you to a virtual seminar featuring Dr. David Goodman Jr. , Senior Research Associate at the Kirby Institute in the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia.

Dr. Goodman is a physician-scientist specialized in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and addiction medicine. He received his MD with honors from Universidad Autonoma de Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico and a masters in clinical research at UCSD, and PhD at UNSW. His research work is focused on the relationship of substance use disorders and infectious diseases using data science and developing interventions to improve health outcomes in this vulnerable population.

Dr. Goodman was also a recipient of a U.S. NIH/NIDA Career Development Award where he trained in the use of natural language processing and machine learning to evaluate outcomes of people who inject drugs. He also led a clinical trial in Los Angeles evaluating mobile units for the treatment of opioid use disorder, HIV, primary care, and hepatitis C, topic to be discussed in this seminar.

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Register for ZOOM link: January 30 IDEAS Initiative Seminar Registration Link