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3/30/2007

Jason E. Glenn, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health and member, Institute for the Medical Humanities and the Center for Addiction Research (CAR), attended a workshop entitled, “Substance Abuse, Criminal Justice and HIV in African Americans” in Silver Spring, Maryland on December 11-12, 2006. This workshop is a part of a NIDA initiative to encourage researchers to apply for targeted NIDA and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funding to address the disproportionate occurrence of criminal justice involvement and HIV/AIDS among African Americans as a consequence of substance abuse. Glenn, in collaboration with Dr. David Paar, associate professor, Department of Internal Medicine and director, HIV Care/TDCJ Correctional Managed Care, Dr. Jacques Baillargeon, epidemiologist and associate professor, Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health, and the Galveston Island Community Research Advisory Committee are developing a transition/re-entry project for African American and Latino male former inmates with a history of substance abuse. The project will also be comprised of a historical cohort study to assess the extent to which having the re-entry services (parole, education, job-training, HIV screening and management, and substance abuse and psychiatric treatment) provided at a central, community location improves regular participation in the program and further reduces high-risk behavior and recidivism rates.

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