(Chapel Hill, N.C. – Orange County)
This project will use an existing, no-cost drug-checking service to provide health departments, harm reduction programs and health clinics with timely data about illicit drug supplies via a statewide drug alert system, developed in collaboration with the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention Research Center Innovation Fellow, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta is a scientist who studies drugs and infectious diseases. His passion is telling true stories about health, with numbers. With a focus centered on epidemiology, his multidisciplinary approach draws on field research, large database analytics, laboratory investigations, randomized trials and community-based interventions. Through his work, he aims to amplify community and patient voices in public health.
Community Liaison, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Street Drug Analysis Lab
Mr. Colin Wasson Miller has been engaged in harm reduction since 2003, as both a recipient and provider of services. Over the years, he has worked primarily with people living with HIV and hepatitis C, people who use drugs, sex workers and people experiencing homelessness. He co-founded the Twin City Harm Reduction Collective (TCHRC), a syringe service program in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 2016. Mr. Miller works with the UNC Street Drug Analysis Lab in Chapel Hill, N.C., as a community liaison/social clinical research specialist.