Joseph Gregory Rosen

Dr. Joseph Gregory Rosen is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Research) and Medicine (Research) at Brown University’s School of Public Health, and a Research Scientist at Rhode Island Hospital’s Division of General Internal Medicine. His work focuses on implementation science at the intersection of HIV treatment/prevention and substance use services. Key roles include Principal Investigator for studies on HIV treatment delivery in Uganda, overdose detection technologies in Massachusetts, and substance use service linkage for female sex workers in South Africa. He holds affiliations with the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research and Brown’s BRIDGE Program.

Education:

• PhD in Social and Behavioral Interventions (Johns Hopkins University, 2023)
• MSPH in Public Health (Johns Hopkins, 2018)
• BA in Sociology (Bowdoin College, 2014)

Research Interests:

Rosen’s research emphasizes health workforce capacity-building and system reconfiguration to improve HIV/harm reduction services for marginalized groups, including sex workers, people who use drugs, and justice-involved individuals. Methodological strengths include human-centered design, discrete choice experiments, latent variable modeling, and qualitative methods. His work spans sub-Saharan Africa and the U.S., addressing topics like viral load monitoring, overdose prevention technologies, and PrEP implementation.

Grants & Awards:

• NIH/NIDA (R21DA056304): Studying substance use and ART adherence among female sex workers in South Africa
• Bloomberg Philanthropies: Overdose detection sensor feasibility study in housing facilities
• Recipient of multiple NIH awards, including an NIMH F31 fellowship and NIAID CFAR grants

Labs/Teams:

Leads the Brown Implementation Science/HIV Scientific Working Group and collaborates with global organizations like UNICEF and Médecins Sans Frontières. His work is published in journals such as Addiction, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and JAIDS.