
Drew A. Westmoreland, MSPH, PhD (She/Hers)
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Drew A. Westmoreland, MSPH, PhD (She/Hers)
@dawestmo
Behavioral and HIV/STI Epidemiologist | Assist Prof @UFPHHP @UFMedicine. Views are my own.


By honoring #WorldAIDSDay, NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow champions the need to dismantle the stigma at the intersection of #HIV & meth use to help save lives. ➕Introduces #NIDA’s 2022 “At the Intersection” video web series. loom.ly/xuDTMDI


NIDA-funded @cunyisph research @DrugAlcoholDep: Among sexual & gender minorities who have sex w/men, those who misused prescription stimulants were 2.5X more likely to use #methamphetamine a year later: loom.ly/l1q-j0A #NIDAscience @CUNYSPH




Thanks to @NIH for highlighting our recent work showing that persistent methamphetamine use was prevalent and associated with substantially amplified risk for HIV seroconversion in our national cohort of sexual and gender minorities who have sex with men drugabuse.gov/about-nida/nor…

NEWS: Over 3 months, 39% of #HIV-vulnerable men & trans people who have sex w men reported inhalant use; 13% reported methamphetamine use. Geographic, socio-economic factors influenced type, rate of #SubstanceUse. doi.org/10.1080/108260… @CUNYSPH #LGBTHealth