The interactions between substance abuse and marginalized communities.
Nabila El-Bassel is an American scholar who is notable for her research into the interaction between substance abuse and marginalized communities.[1] She is the Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work and a University Professor at Columbia University[1] and Director of the Social Intervention Group, which she co-founded in 1990.[2]
Career
El-Bassel earned her Bachelor's of Social Work at Tel Aviv University, her Masters of Social Work at the School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and her PhD at the Columbia University School of Social Work.[3] Her position as 'University professor' is a substantial honor by the university, since only eight professors may hold this position in the university at only one time, and it is awarded by the school's Board of Trustees.[1] Her research has focused on the prevention of HIV and AIDS, as well as violence against marginalized communities and substance abuse.[1][4] In 2019, she led an $86 million program to reduce opioid deaths by improving education about their dangers, expanding medical treatment in detention centers and homeless shelters and training medical practitioners to better understand the disorder.[5][6]
References
^ abcdShubham Saharan (April 9, 2019). "Nabila El-Bassel appointed to University Professor, highest academic position for Columbia faculty". Columbia Spectator. Retrieved January 16, 2020. ...rank of University Professor is the highest academic position afforded to University faculty. ... Her research has predominantly focused on HIV/AIDS prevention, violence against marginalized communities, and substance abuse, from which she has designed HIV and drug use interventional models for at-risk populations....
^Celia Darrough (June 5, 2019). "How The Opioid Epidemic Affects Women Differently". Bustle magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2020. ... Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, PhD, DSW, a professor at Columbia University's School of Social Work who has done research on women and opioids, ... the lifetime rate of intimate partner violence reported by women who misuse substances is much higher than the national rate....
^Natasha Vaughn (April 24, 2019). "Broome chosen to participate in $86 million program to reduce opioid deaths". USA Today Press Connects. Retrieved January 16, 2020. ...Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, the University Professor who is leading the study explained that they will work to improve community education about opioids, expand medical treatment in jails, homeless shelters and other places and increase the number of trained and certified medical providers who better understand opioid use disorder....
^Katelyn Newman (April 18, 2019). "Federal Opioid-Fighting Effort to Focus on 4 States". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved January 16, 2020. ...Researchers ... Nabila El-Bassel of Columbia University in New York ... were selected to oversee and commission programs and interventions at the local level....
