Ricky Bluthenthal
Expert in needle exchange programs, HIV testing, HCV testing, PrEP, injection drug use and opioids, health disparities, community-based participatory research methods, qualitative and mixed-method research designs.
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Social Justice
Keck School of Medicine
Expertise
- HIV epidemiology and prevention for injection drug users and gay men Community influences on health behaviors and risk (e.g. needle exchange programs, HIV testing, HCV testing, PrEP)
- Drug use epidemiology (particularly, injection drug use and opioids)
- Health disparities
- Community-based participatory research methods
- Qualitative and mixed-method research designs
Additional Information
- Published over 130 manuscripts in peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Co-founder of the Oakland, CA needle exchange program in 1992
- Founding board member of the Harm Reduction Coalition (New York, New York & Oakland, CA)
