We can choose to clear homeless encampments or we can develop low-barrier harm reduction-informed transitional housing. Boston making the right choice. Amazing work from Miriam Komaromy, MD, FACP, DFASAM & colleagues. #AMERSA2022

Civil rights tour 2022. beginning with a sermon by Reverend Warnock to "shake it off" and stay focused on your mission and value. Go ACE!

Great news! The bipartisan Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act is scheduled for a vote in the House this week. #jmhcp #mentalhealth #lawenforcement #criminaljusticereform

Hot off the press! BJS Director Alex Piquero, PhD and I penned an OpEd for The Hill on the importance of research and data to drive crime policy. Check it out! thehill.com/opinion/congre…

Check it out! Special attention to the needs of jails. Scott, C.K., Grella, C.E., Dennis, M.L. et al. Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails .....Health Justice 10, 36 (2022). doi.org/10.1186/s40352….

I am tremendously honored to be elected into the National Academy of Engineering, as announced this afternoon by National Academy of Engineering. I proudly share this honor with the many mentors and colleagues NC State University, Ohio State and UC Irvine who have helped me along my journey. Thank you, NAE.

I’m grateful for the social justice legacy Judy Heumann leaves us all. Our nation is a better place for millions of Americans because of her advocacy, leadership, and movement building. She was a badass whose impact will continue to ripple forward. Rest in power, Judy. ✊🏽

Great SHSU Criminal Justice representation at Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences awards!!🏆 Congratulations to Dr. Shelly Clevenger!, Danielle S. Rudes, Peter S. Lehmann and Jason Ingram! Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology @ SHSU SHSU Department of Victim Studies

I just wrote a review on Zipsak Boost-Max Zipcube Set yotpo.com/go/6QMjsZ8s via @yotpo

Congratulations to C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health Jennifer Johnson, PhD, on being the nation’s top-funded OB-GYN researcher in 2022! #SpartansWill bit.ly/3LptvYT

Today on the National Mall the Today I Matter project honors lives lost to overdose. A quiet memorial staffed by those left behind who are seeking to make a difference.

Great to pen JAMA Health Forum viewpoint w/ John Alexis Schneider MD, MPH & Faye Taxman: "An inclusive approach to addiction care: Helping the helpers." jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-… We seek to acknowledge+engage the human reality that a loved-one's addiction casts shadows over surrounding lives.

Sound trumpets for our MPACT-6 needs pub in C&D! With quarter mil. youth we provide construct validity, a G-Factor summary needs scale, near parity for gender & race, & prediction rivaling risk tools (AUC=.68). A gamechanger for agencies wanting a tool absent criminal hx & bias!

Christopher Uggen Chris Uggen & Douglas Hartmann doug hartmann receive the 2023 Public Understanding of Sociology Award for making exemplary contributions to advance public understanding of sociology, sociological research, & scholarship among the general public. #ASA2023

If Hamas can smuggle “an endless supply of weapons” into Gaza, do you really think they can’t smuggle in food for their combatants? I mean c’mon. They don’t need the humanitarian aid. They planned for a blockade. It’s half the civilian population that is starving. They are