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Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Email: joseph.palamar@nyu.edu
Education
PhD, Public Health, New York University
MPH, Public Health, New York University
MA, Educational Psychology, New York University
BA, Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Research Interests
Epidemiology of illicit drug use, club drugs, new psychoactive substances, stigma, risky sexual intercourse
BIO
Joseph Palamar’s research and publication record reflect his commitment to investigate the epidemiology of drug use. He has a diverse background in psychology, epidemiology, and in the study of drug use, and specializes in psychosocial correlates of drug use. He has focused heavily on the epidemiology of new psychoactive substance use, “club drug” use, and drug-related risky sexual behavior — especially within the electronic dance music (EDM) nightclub and festival scene. He also has extensive experience analyzing data from large national datasets such as Monitoring the Future and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Projects
Principal Investigator, Investigating the Ketamine Landscape: Availability, Medical and Recreational Use, and Effects. Active
Principal Investigator, New Psychoactive Substance Exposure among NYC Nightclub and Festival Attendees. Active
Principal Investigator, Novel Methods for Estimating the Prevalence of Drug Use among Older Adults. Active
Principal Investigator, Development of a Rapid Survey to Detect Use of New and Emerging Drugs. Completed
Principal Investigator, Drug Use Among Nightclub and Dance Festival Attendees in New York City. Completed
Principal Investigator, Pilot Study Examining the Sexual Effects of Cannabis Use. Completed
Principal Investigator, Pilot Study to Collect Saliva and Follow-up Survey Response Rates among EDM Party Attendees. Completed
Principal Investigator, Use of Psychoactive Drugs and Sexual Risk Behavior among Nightclub and Festival Attendees. Completed
Publications

Recent

Han BH, Yang KH, Cleland CM, Palamar JJ (2025).
Trends in past-month cannabis use among older adults
JAMA Internal Medicine [Epub 2025 Jun 2]. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.1156.

Palamar JJ (2025).
Trends in ketamine use among nightclub attendees in New York City, 2017-2024
International Journal of Drug Policy, 140, 104825. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104825.

Palamar JJ, DeBord JS, Krotulski AJ, Goldberger BA (2025).
Local anesthetics adulterating the illicit fentanyl supply
JAMA Psychiatry [Epub 2025 May 21]. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.0952.

Palamar JJ, Abukahok N, Le A (2025).
Synthetic cannabinoid use among noninstitutionalized individuals in the United States, 2021–2023
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 270, 112603. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112603. PMCID: PMC11908885.

Nesoff ED, Palamar JJ, Li Q, Li W, Martins SS (2025).
Challenging the continued usefulness of social media recruitment for surveys of hidden populations of people who use opioids
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e63687. doi: 10.2196/63687. PMCID: PMC12079069.

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