Brett Wolfson-Stofko, Phd Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Manage a team of supervisors and health navigators to optimize and expand harm reduction and health services in shelters, shelter-hotels, supportive housing and non-supportive housing programs with the goal of reducing overdose, the spread of disease, and streamlining resident access to primary and mental health care.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Optimizing harm reduction and health services to reduce overdose, the spread of disease, and streamline resident's access to primary and mental health care in shelters, shelter-hotels, and supportive housing programs.

New York, Ny

The mission of CDUHR is to end the HIV and HCV epidemics in drug using populations and their communities by conducting transdisciplinary research and disseminating its findings to inform programmatic, policy, and grass roots initiatives at the local, state, national and global levels.

New York, Ny

My Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NIH T32) was transferred to the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University. Here I continued my research on pubic injection risk environments and designing interventions capable of reducing overdose mortality and HIV/HCV transmission. My research focused on training business managers on how to recognize and reverse opioid overdoses using naloxone and to investigate community stakeholder and people who inject drugs perspectives on the operation of Supervised Injection Facilities (SIF) utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Toronto, Canada Area

Viral Hepatitis Care Network (VIRCAN) is a structured academic-community partnership that will address issues throughout the care of viral hepatitis, from diagnosis to treatment to cure. I am currently managing two Phase 4 clinical trials to improve HCV screening, linkages to care, and evaluate a rapid diagnostic. Liaising with Cepheid to obtain Investigational Testing Authorization (ITA) from Health Canada. Writing and editing clinical study protocols, grants, abstracts, presentations, and publications. Developing media strategies to raise public health awareness about HCV and HBV testing and treatment options. Collaborating on a systematic review & meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care HCV RNA tests. Identifying and liaising with community partners to expand HCV and HBV screening. Conducting HCV rapid tests and dried blood spot collection at community screening events.

Toronto, Canada Area

I supervised injections, responded to overdoses, and connected people to care at Street Health's Overdose Prevention Site (OPS). Street Health is a non-profit community based agency that strives to improve the health and well-being of homeless and under-housed people in downtown Toronto. We offer physical and mental health programs, as well as supports that improve clients’ ability to access other services. Our work is focused in the neighbourhood around Dundas and Sherbourne Streets, an area with the largest concentration of homeless shelters and drop-in centres in Canada. On an average day, 115 clients come through our doors; we have 60,500 client visits each year.Street Health opened an Overdose Prevention Site in June 2018 as a response to the increased level of overdoses in our neighbourhood, in our driveway, and among our clients. Sherbourne and Dundas has the second highest number of calls to 911 for overdose in the entire city.

New York, Ny

Evaluated my CDUHR pilot grant focused on the training of business staff and managers on how to reverse opioid overdoses with intranasal naloxone and how to prevent needle sticks in their place of business. Collaborated on and published a qualitative stakeholder analysis examining interactions between opioid-overdose survivors, first responders, and healthcare professionals that influence opioid risk behaviors post-overdose.

New York, Ny

Coordinated a two-year longitudinal cohort study on overdose risks of 218 opioid-using US military veterans investigating opioid-related risk behaviors, social reintegration, and trauma which culminated into an overdose prevention and naloxone administration ‘train-the-trainer’ program for veterans. I conducted qualitative interviews, naloxone training, data analysis, manuscript preparation, and assisted in project management. I was also the Thesis Mentor for a Master of Public Health student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

New York, Ny

Awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Behavioral Sciences Training Program in Drug Abuse Research (NIH T32). My research primarily focused on opioid overdose occurring in business bathrooms. I was awarded a pilot grant from the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at New York University to: 1) design and evaluate an opioid overdose and needlestick prevention training specifically for businesses and 2) conduct a qualitative study on businesses perspectives on supervised injection facilities (SIF). Results from these projects led to an amendment to New York State's Good Samaritan law that now permits businesses to procure and administer naloxone to people suspected of overdosing on opioids and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is now training businesses on opioid overdose recognition and naloxone administration. This fellowship was transferred to NYU in 2016.

New York, Ny

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology teaching Drug Use and Abuse in American Society.

226 E 144Th St, Bronx, Ny

Coordinated a Phase 2B clinical trial at a syringe exchange evaluating the accuracy of a HIV/HCV/HBV rapid test. Supervised a team of eight people consisting of social workers, phlebotomists, peers, and a research assistant. Monitored budget to ensure that supplies and incentives were properly distributed. Adhered to strict timelines for deliverables and reporting. Worked directly with people who inject drugs, people who are unstably housed, people who are HIV+/HCV+/HBV+, people who participate in survival sex, and the LGBTQ2S+ community.

Bronx, Ny

Thesis research consisted of kinetically and mechanistically characterizing enzymes from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in order to identify potential drug targets using steady-state kinetics and isotope effects.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Conducted neuropharmacological research on HIV-associated Cognitive Disorders (HAND). Identified the neuroprotective mechanism of paroxetine against oxidative stress produced by the HIV proteins Tat and gp120. Conducted pharmacokinetic and drug disposition studies. Trained five undergraduates on in vitro and in vivo laboratory techniques,.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Conducted in vivo neurotoxicology research on amphetamine-type stimulants (i.e. amphetamine, methamphetamine, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)) in murine and non-human primate models.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Sciences (Biochemistry)

Activities and Societies: Albert Einstein Social Medicine Course - Lead Organizer. Editor-In-Chief - Ad Libitum: Literary and Art.

Master Of Science - Ms, Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Bachelor'S Degree, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Peer Mentor