Allan Clear

Director, Office of Drug User Health
New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute
New York City, New York

Mr. Clear is the Director of the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute’s Office of Drug User Health where he is responsible for program planning, design and implementation related to drug user health, including overdose, HIV and HCV prevention, low threshold buprenorphine and access to care including medical care and mental health services. Mr. Clear has worked in the field of drug user health since 1990. He was the Executive Director of the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center, one of the first syringe exchange programs in New York State, and of the Harm Reduction Coalition, which is the prominent community-based organization promoting harm reduction as a mode of working with drug users in the US. Mr. Clear has served on both local and international advisory bodies, including New York State’s End the Epidemic Task Force in 2015 and the United Nations Civil Society Taskforce on Drugs.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• The Case for Harm Reduction

  Monday, April 18, 2022
  1:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET

• Harm Reduction Principles and Their Effective Application

  Wednesday, April 20, 2022
  12:45 PM – 2:00 PM ET