Daniel Werb, PhD

Dr. Daniel Werb is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health. Dr. Werb holds a PhD from the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Tracks:   Global Health, Epidemiology

Dr. Dan Werb is an epidemiologist and policy analyst with expertise working in the fields of HIV, addictions, and drug policy. Dr. Werb is an inaugural recipient of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Avenir Award, which funds highly innovative and high impact research projects at the nexus of HIV and drug use. Dr. Werb’s Avenir Award funds the PRIMER project, a multi-site, international study seeking to test the potential impact of existing structural interventions on reducing the risk that people who inject drugs initiate others into injecting.

• International Health
• Epidemiology
• HIV/AIDS
• Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs