EP 109: Designing Harm Reduction | Kimberly Sue

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing harm
reduction. Dr. Kimberly Sue is an Assistant Professor of Medicine
with the Program in Addiction Medicine (Division of General
Internal Medicine) at Yale University School of Medicine. She is
the former Medical Director of the National Harm Reduction
Coalition, New York, NY, which strives to improve the health and
wellbeing of people who use drugs. Currently, she serves as an
Attending Physician at the Central Medical Unit, APT Foundation,
which provides primary care to patients receiving methadone and
other substance use treatment services and supervises fellows and
trainees within the Yale Addiction Medicine Fellowship program. She
also is an Attending Physician on the hospital-based Yale Addiction
Medicine Consult Service. She holds board certification in both
Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Sue trained at
Harvard's MD-PhD Social Science Program, and has a PhD in
sociocultural anthropology. Her book, Getting Wrecked: Women,
Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis (2019), is based on
her research on women with opioid use disorder in Massachusetts
prison and jails. Her current research interests include harm
reduction, stigma, gender/women and substance use, and overdose
response strategies on local, state, and federal levels. Episode
mentions and links: https://www.drkimsue.com/ Yale Medicine Harm
Reduction Coalition Kim's Book: Getting Wrecked Women,
Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis NEXT Distro (mail
based harm reduction service) On Point NYC Restaurant Kim would
take you to: Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana (or Sally’s or Modern
or any one of the many highly revered New Haven Pizza joints)
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