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Nisha Beharie
Nisha Beharie, DrPH, MPH
New York Medical College - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health
Email: nbeharie@nymc.edu
Education
DrPH, Community, Society and Health, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
MPH, Child, Adolescent and Reproductive Health, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
BS, Psychology, Fordham University
Research Interests
Substance use, substance use treatment, homelessness, mental health
BIO
Nisha Beharie has two decades of research and program experience in the areas of health policy, substance use, homelessness, and mental health. Dr. Beharie specializes in mixed-methods and qualitative research and is passionate about leveraging her research efforts to advocate for and give a voice to marginalized communities of people who use drugs and those experiencing homelessness.

Dr. Beharie is also a former fellow in the Behavioral Sciences Training (BST) program at New York University and was awarded funding by the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) in 2016 to conduct a pilot study exploring potential points of intervention to better support caregivers and youth residing in family shelters.

Most recently Dr. Beharie was a Senior Research Associate at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the Bureau of Alcohol, Drug Use, Prevention Care and Treatment where she led research and evaluation initiatives to inform policy and programs related to substance use. In July of 2022, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor at New York Medical College where she currently teaches in the department of Public Health.
Projects
Principal Investigator, Development of a Prevention Intervention for Adolescents and Families in Homeless Shelters. Completed
Publications

Recent

Beharie N, Urmanche A, Harocopos A (2023).
A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City
Harm Reduction Journal, 20 (1), 38. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00772-3. PMCID: PMC10039575.

Jordan AE, Izar R, Nicolas R, Beharie N, Harocopos A (2022).
Understanding vaccine perceptions and willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccination: Opportunities to strengthen public health responses and COVID-19 services for people who use drugs
Vaccines, 10 (12), 2044. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10122044. PMCID: PMC9784169.

Urmanche AA, Beharie N, Harocopos A (2022).
Fentanyl preference among people who use opioids in New York City
Drug andAlcohol Dependence, 237, 109519. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109519. PMCID: PMC10089663.

Beharie N, Kaplan-Dobbs M, Urmanche A, Paone D, Harocopos A (2022).
“I didn’t feel like a number”: The impact of nurse care managers on the provision of buprenorphine treatment in primary care settings
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 132, 108633. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108633. PMCID: PMC10089662.

Beharie N, Leonard NR, Gwadz M (2021).
“No brokers to move out of here”: A mixed method analysis of the impact of homelessness policy and shelter governance on families residing in NYC shelters
Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 30 (2), 141-154. doi: 10.1080/10530789.2020.1774846. PMCID: PMC8654341.

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