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Professor of Population Health at New York University School of Medicine, and Director of the NYU Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy
Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH, MPH, is a professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU School of Medicine, and the director of the NYU Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy. Her research focuses on the effects that local, state and national drug and health policies have on substance use trends, and on the ways the urban context shapes firearm violence. Current NIH-funded research focuses on the impact that state and local drug policies and local harm reduction programs have on substance use, overdose, and associated health problems in the United States. Dr. Cerdá also uses innovative computational approaches, including machine learning and agent-based modeling, to forecast emerging epidemiologic trends in overdose, and to project the potential impact of harm reduction and substance use disorder treatment approaches in reducing overdose rates in the United States. Dr. Cerdá also serves as a senior editor of the International Journal of Drug Policy, and has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and five book chapters. She obtained her doctorate in social epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.
