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Elizabeth D Nesoff, PhD, MPH

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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
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Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
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Senior Scholar, Penn Injury Science Center
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Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Senior Fellow , Penn Center for Public Health
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Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
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University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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13 Education:
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2a Wellesley College, 2005.
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49 Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 2010.
21 8 PhD 27 (Health, Behavior & Society) c
57 The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2017.
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Description of Research Expertise

57 Substance use, built environment, injury prevention, health disparities
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Selected Publications

16c Nesoff ED, Wiebe DJ, Martins SS: City streetscapes and neighborhood characteristics of fatal opioid overdoses among people experiencing homelessness who use drugs in New York City, 2017-2019. Int J Drug Policy 110: 103904, Dec 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103904; Epub 2022 Nov 10.

143 Nesoff ED, Aronowitz SV, Milam AJ, Furr-Holden CDM: Development of a systematic social observation tool for monitoring use of harm reduction supplies. Int J Drug Policy 122: 104235, Dec 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104235; Epub 2023 Oct 25.

f0 Nesoff ED, Branas CC, Martins SS: Association of Neighborhood Characteristics and Travel Patterns with Fatal Drug Overdoses. JAMA Intern Med 181(1): 129-131, Jan 2021.

fd Nesoff ED, Martins SS, Palamar JJ: Caution is Necessary When Estimating Treatment Need for Opioid Use Disorder Using National Surveys. Am J Public Health 112(2): 199-201, Feb 2022.

119 Nesoff ED, Marziali ME, Martins SS: The Estimated Impact of State-Level Support for Expanded Delivery of Substance Use Disorder Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Addiction 117(6): 1781–1786, Jun 2022.

15a Nesoff ED, Milam AJ, Morrison C, Weir BW, Branas CC, Knowlton AR, Furr-Holden CDM, Martins SS: Alcohol outlets, drug paraphernalia sales, and neighborhood drug overdose risk. Int J Drug Policy 95: 103289, May 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103289; Epub 2021 May 11.

f2 Nesoff ED, Branas CC, Martins SS: The Geographic Distribution of Fentanyl-Involved Overdose Deaths in Cook County, Illinois. Am J Public Health 110(1): 98-105, Jan 2020.

12a Nesoff ED, Milam AJ, Barajas CB, Furr-Holden CDM: Expanding Tools for Investigating Neighborhood Indicators of Drug Use and Violence: Validation of the NIfETy for Virtual Street Observation. Prev Sci 21(2): 203-210, Feb 2020.

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