Professor and Director, Harm Reduction Research Lab
Family and Community Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Arizona, Arizona
Beth Meyerson, MDiv., PhD
Professor
Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine
Director
Harm Reduction Research Lab
bmeyerson@arizona.edu @Beth_Meyerson
Dr. Beth Meyerson is a Professor at the University of Arizona focused on harm reduction and sexual health policy and systems in the College of Medicine (Family and Community Medicine), where she directs the Harm Reduction Research Lab. Beth is also the Director of Graduate Studies for the MA in Program Design and Evaluation and affiliate faculty of UArizona’s Institute for LGBT Studies and the School of Government and Public Policy.
Dr. Meyerson moved to Tucson in late 2018 with her wife Jill German and their son Jacob. Prior to that time, she was a Bicentennial Professor of Health Policy & Management at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, and the co-director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Research with affiliation at The Kinsey Institute.
Beth has three decades of public health practice and research experience, typified by roles as president of a policy research consultancy focused on HIV and sexually transmitted diseases with an international portfolio, as the state AIDS/STD Director for the state of Missouri, and directing a non-profit AIDS service organization.
Dr. Meyerson’s current service work includes chairing the Community Impact Committee of the Women’s Foundation of the State of Arizona, service on the national board of directors of Lambda Legal, the nation’s oldest civil litigation organization for LGBTQI+ communities and people living with HIV where she co-chairs the REAADI Committee (Race, equity, access, accountability, diversity and inclusion). Beth also serves on the policy and governance committees and the board of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF), and chairs the Communications Committee with board service for the American STD Association (ASTDA).
Friday, April 14, 2023
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM