Co-director
Remedy Alliance
Cedar, MI
Maya Doe-Simkins has been in the public health field for 20 years training on, implementing, and researching prevention of bloodborne infections, harm reduction and safer drug use including drug checking, and overdose prevention. She has worked with the first overdose prevention program in the US, helped launch the first overdose education and naloxone distribution program using nasal naloxone, and was part of the team that published the first effectiveness studies on community naloxone distribution. Maya is co-director of the Remedy Alliance national naloxone buying club, collectively responsible for distributing 3.7M doses of naloxone 2017-2020. She has worked with both grassroots and local & state governmental organizations to implement services for people who use drugs, authored manuals & curricula, and published scientific research.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM