Sex, Drugs & Science
Interviewing your favorite sex and drugs scientists about what they study and why. Each week features an interview with a scientist studying topics such as: pornography, opioids, HIV, harm reduction, and other topics. Co-hosted by Valerie Earnshaw and Carly Hill with help from the UD Stigma Lab. Follow @sexdrugsscience on Instagram for updates.
Episodes
23 episodes
Natalie Brousseau: Stigma, Social Support & Opioids
Natalie Brousseau recently earned her PhD in Human Development & Family Sciences from the University of Delaware and will soon begin a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Connecticut. Natalie, Valerie, and Carly chat about their w...
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Episode 23
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58:35
Sarah Calabrese: PrEP and HIV Prevention
Sarah Calabrese is an Assistant Professor of clinical psychology at The George Washington University. Her research focuses on sexual health promotion among racial and sexual minorities and other socially marginalized groups. Sarah chats with Va...
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Episode 22
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45:10
Dave Humes: Naloxone Policy
Dave Humes is a Board Member and the Public Policy Coordinator of aTAcK addiction, a naloxone trainer, and co-chair of the Changing Perceptions and Stigma Subcommittee of the Behavioral Health Consortium In Delaware. Dave shares his story of lo...
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Episode 21
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55:41
Judy Tan: Art, Aging & HIV
Dr. Judy Tan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Prevention Science, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), at the University of California San Francisco. She is a behavioral and prevention scientist trained in social a...
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Episode 20
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47:03
Ben Levenson: Harm Reduction
Ben Levenson is the Chairman of The Levenson Foundation and founder of Origins Behavioral HealthCare. Ben chats with Valerie and Carly about harm reduction, or ways to “derisk” drug use for the millions of people who use drugs in the United Sta...
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Episode 19
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51:17
Brandon del Pozo: Policing, Opioids & Implementation Science
Dr. Brandon del Pozo is a postdoctoral researcher on the consequences of substance use and addiction at Rhode Island's Miriam Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His interests include studying systems-level approa...
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Episode 18
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57:23
Allecia Reid: Peer Influence & Alcohol
Dr. Allecia Reid is an Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Allecia’s research aims to both understand the psychological, social, and environmental factors that relate to health beh...
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Episode 17
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51:17
Morgan Philbin: Cannabis Policy
Dr. Morgan Philbin is an Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Morgan’s work explores how social-structural factors impact health outcomes for vulnerable populations, particu...
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Episode 16
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1:04:11
Liz Richards: Paid Family & Medical Leave
Liz Richards is Executive Director of the Delaware Cares Coalition for Paid Leave, which is a coalition of health, labor, faith, business, family and community organizations and advocates committed to passing Paid Family and Medical Leave in...
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Episode 15
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45:20
Ryan Watson: Sexual & Gender Diverse Youth
Dr. Ryan Watson is an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Ryan’s research focuses on reducing health disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth and young adults. Ryan t...
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Episode 14
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1:15:58
Laramie Smith: HIV Medication Adherence
Dr. Laramie Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego. Valerie, Carly, and Laramie take a slow walk through Laramie’s ea...
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Episode 13
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1:23:52
Ingrid Katz: HIV & Global Health
Dr. Ingrid Katz is an Associate Director at the Harvard Global Health Institute, Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a research sci...
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Episode 12
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1:11:24
Wrap Party Episode!
This week, Valerie and Carly invite the undergrads to talk a little more about why and how we started the podcast. While we're away on break, follow us on instagram @sexdrugsscience or email us with any questions at sexdrugsnscience@gmail.com. ...
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Episode 11
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1:00:01
Samuel Friedman: Drug User Activism
Dr. Samuel Friedman is a Research Professor and faculty member at the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is also the Senior Theoretician and Associate Director...
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Episode 10
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19:41
Jelani Kerr: Drug Policy, HIV & Racism
Dr. Jelani Kerr is an Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences. Jelani and Valerie talk about what getting tenure means for them and doing r...
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Episode 9
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1:24:09
Gabriel Culbert & Agung Waluyo: HIV Research in Indonesian Prisons
Dr. Gabriel Culbert is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois Chicago and Dr. Agung Waluyo is the Directorate of Community Engagement & Empowerment at the Universitas Indonesia. Gabe and Agung describ...
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Episode 8
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1:32:12
Jasmine Abrams: Pleasure & Sexual Health Research
Dr. Jasmine Abrams is an international behavioral research scientist, educator, and entrepreneur working toward health equity for women of African ancestry. She is an Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School ...
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Episode 7
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1:47:31
Seth Kalichman & Lisa Eaton: HIV Prevention & Treatment
Dr. Seth Kalichman is Professor of Social Psychology and Dr. Lisa Eaton is Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Seth is also the Editor-in-Chief of the journal AIDS & Behavior and Lisa is an A...
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Episode 6
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1:31:41
Scott Hadland: Pediatrics & Addiction Medicine
Dr. Scott Hadland is a pediatrician and addiction specialist at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine. Valerie and Carly talk with him about the importance of treating addiction during adolescence, medications for opioi...
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Episode 5
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1:14:07
Seven Tomek: Opioids & The Brain
Dr. Seven Tomek is a neuroscientist who recently earned her PhD at Arizona State University. She talks with Valerie and Carly about her research on opioids and social behavior, how she became interested in a region of the brain called the insul...
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Episode 4
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1:17:11
Stephenie Chaudoir: LGBT Stigma in Appalachia
Dr. Stephenie “WD” Chaudoir is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the College of the Holy Cross. Stephenie talks with Valerie and Carly about integrating her background as a first-generation college student with her position as an academic...
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Episode 3
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1:12:09
Kimberly Nelson: Pornography & Minor Consent Laws
Dr. Kim Nelson is an Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences at Boston University, and winner of the 2020 Early Career Investigator Award from the Society for Behavioral Medicine. Kim breaks down state resolutions identifying porn as a...
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Episode 2
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1:21:53
Carmen Logie: Global HIV Research
Dr. Carmen Logie is the Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations at the University of Toronto. Valerie and Carly talk with her about partnering with communities globally on HIV research. Car...
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Episode 1
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1:21:19