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SW, Social Sciences, Buenos Aires University

HIV and drug use, Drug policy, HIV prevention, Community based interventions, Big Events and epidemics

Diana Rossi is a Social Worker and Specialist in youngsters’ social problems from the University of Buenos Aires. She was professor and researcher of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires until 2019. She is a founding member of Intercambios Civil Association, an Argentinean non-governmental organization working on research, training, advocacy and community interventions with drug related problems to ensure the health and human rights of drug users through evidence-based programs. Until 2018, she was member of the board of directors and research coordinator of Intercambios, where she continues to be a technical consultant. She has directed research projects involving professionals from different disciplines of the social sciences. She has participated in and directed multiple investigations related to blood and sexual transmitted infections in people who use drugs in collaboration with Medicine and Biochemistry researchers. She collaborates with other national and international organizations, governmental and non-governmental agencies and universities. Former member of the United Nations Reference Group on HIV and injecting drug use and of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Drug Policy, currently she integrates the board of the International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Research Associations (ICARA). At present, she is collaborating with Georgios Nikolopoulos and with Samuel R. Friedman on writing a book on the HIV epidemic. She is author of many papers, books and book chapters in national and international publications.

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