E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, BS

E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, is a Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences). Certified as an internist, HIV specialist, and in Addiction Medicine, she serves as physician at the Yale Center for Infectious Disease, taking care of individuals with HIV with a focus on treating individuals with substance use disorders. She is Director of the Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS Clinical and Health Services Research Core, Co-Director of Education of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, and Associate Director of the Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars Program. Her NIH-funded research focuses on understanding and addressing harms of substance use among individuals with and at substantial risk for HIV in community and clinical settings with interdisciplinary teams. Potential opportunities for fellows may include leading: 1) qualitative data collection in the context of ongoing clinical trials to understand factors impacting intervention implementation; 2) secondary data analyses of a recently completed multi-site clinical trial focused on addressing tobacco use among individuals with HIV; 3) literature reviews (i.e., meta-analytic or systematic reviews) of current knowledge regarding drivers and consequences of substance use, such as the role of trauma and its impact on inflammation and medical comorbidities and immune-related effects of substance use and treatment.