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Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH
NYU Langone Health - 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

Abukahok N, Palamar JJ (2025).
Trends in past-year use of poppers among New York City nightclub attendees, 2017-2024
Substance Use & Addiction Journal [Epub 2025 Oct 14]. doi: 10.1177/29767342251372314.

Palamar JJ, Fitzgerald ND (2025).
The epidemiology of recreational use and availability of DOC and DOI in the United States
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs [Epub 2025 Oct 9]. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2025.2570937.

Palamar JJ, Abukahok N, Acosta P, Walton SE, Stang B, Krotulski AJ (2025).
Exposures to synthetic cathinones, fentanyl, and xylazine among nightclub attendees in New York City, 2024
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 275, 112792. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112792. PMCID: PMC12313273.

Palamar JJ, Rutherford C, Keyes KM (2025).
Trends in nonmedical ketamine use, poisonings, related deaths, pharmaceutical diversions, and law enforcement seizures: Results from annual population-based repeated cross-sectional studies
Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 51, 101230. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101230.

Zhu DT, Krotulski AJ, Palamar JJ (2025).
The rapid spread of a novel adulterant in the US illicit drug supply-BTMPS
JAMA Internal Medicine, 185 (9), 1057-1058. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.2307. PMCID: PMC12281105.

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