Harm Reduction Coordinator
Voices of Hope of Maryland
Bel Air, Maryland
Zach Kosinski currently serves as Harm Reduction Coordinator at Voices of Hope, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit recovery community organization made of people in recovery, family members, and allies who support recovery throughout Maryland, but primarily in Cecil and Harford Counties.
Through the operation of two syringe services programs and one of the largest Overdose Response Programs in the state of Maryland, Voices of Hope is on the frontlines of tackling the overdose crisis, especially in rural northeastern Maryland. Zach's role entails oversight of two syringe services programs, spanning Cecil and Harford Counties, Maryland. Zach also oversees the organization's comprehensive HIV and Hepatitis C testing and linkage to care program for people who use drugs and the array of supportive services available at Voices of Hope's Harford County Recovery Center, including peer support services, treatment coordination, transportation assistance, and peer workforce development. Taken as a whole, this work aims to reduce overdose and the infectious disease burden among people who use drugs in northeastern Maryland.
Prior to serving in his current role at Voices of Hope, Zach served as the Deputy Director of Clinical Health at the Harford County Health Deparment in Maryland, where he oversaw the integration of sexual and drug user health services, specifically HIV, viral hepatitis, STI, overdose prevention, and drug user health programs that spanned the prevention, treatment, and harm reduction continuums.
Presently, Zach is pursuing his Master of Public Health and is a Bloomberg Fellow of Addiction and Overdose in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health's Bloomberg American Health Initiative.
Monday, October 31, 2022
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM