Beth E. Meyerson, PhD, MDiv

Dr. Meyerson is a joint faculty member with a primary appointment in the University of Arizona College of Nursing. Her research is focused on the reduction of opioid overdose death and blood-borne illness and infection through policy and practice innovations in medicine, pharmacy and nursing. As experts in implementation science and community based participatory action research, Dr. Meyerson and her team partner with people who have lived/living drug use experience, with opioid use disorder treatment providers, funders and regulators through the Drug Policy Research and Advocacy Board. 

As the Beverly Benson McCord Endowed Chair in Nursing, Dr. Meyerson also seeks to understand the unique needs of aging populations at the intersection of pain and opioid use disorder to improve patient screening, diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Meyerson also directs the Harm Reduction Research Lab with a national, transdisciplinary faculty from nine universities.