Ricky Bluthenthal

Professor/Associate Dean for Social Justice

University of Southern California

United States

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Ricky Bluthenthal is a Professor and Associate Dean for Social Justice at the University of Southern California, USA. His research primarily focuses on substance use and health inequities, exploring topics such as the dynamics of drug markets, health risks among injection drug users, and the social determinants that affect marginalized communities. Recent articles include studies on the evolving trends of drug administration, HIV risk perceptions, and the impact of policies on vulnerable populations.

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Peter Davidson

Associate Professor

University of California, San Diego

UNITED STATES

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Randall Kuhn

Professor

University of California Los Angeles Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health

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Renata Arrington-Sanders

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

UNITED STATES

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Katherine Diaz Vickery

Associate Professor

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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Jimi Huh

Associate Professor of Research

University of Southern California

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Richard Garfein

Professor

University of California, San Diego

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Janeane Anderson

Assistant Professor

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

UNITED STATES

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Benjamin Henwood

Associate Professor

University of Southern California

UNITED STATES

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Melissa Chinchilla

University of California, Los Angeles

UNITED STATES

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Russell Brewer

Research Associate Professor

University of Chicago Medicine

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Philippe Bourgois

Professor and Director of Center for Social Medicine

UCLA

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Rachel Ceasar

University of Southern California

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Articles (17)

Heroin injection to fentanyl smoking: Examining temporal trends in substance type and route of administration among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO, USA between 2021–2022

“You take care of people, people will take care of you”: Moral Economies and an Unpredictable Drug Market

Risk Factors for Infective Endocarditis and Serious Injection Related Infections Among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO

“Even Though the System Had Failed Him His Entire Life, We Were Failing Him Yet Again”: How Clinical, Welfare, and Penal Medicine Interact to Drive Health Inequities and Medical Moral Injury

A Multicomponent Intervention (POSSIBLE) to Improve Perceived Risk for HIV Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness Pilot Study

Updates on syringe coverage and service uptake among needle and syringe programs in the United States, 2019–2020

Abolition and harm reduction in the struggle for “Care, Not Cages”

Investigating the Comparative Effectiveness of Place-Based and Scatter-Site Permanent Supportive Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocols for a Mixed Methods, Prospective Longitudinal Study

A National Portrait of Public Attitudes toward Opioid Use in the US: A Latent Class Analysis

“Notice of major cleaning”: A qualitative study of the negative impact of encampment sweeps on the ontological security of unhoused people who use drugs

Refining a Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Perceived HIV Risk and PrEP Initiation: Focus Group Study Among Black Sexual Minority Men

Prevalence and predictors of recent temporary psychiatric hold among a cohort of people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California

Transition from injecting opioids to smoking fentanyl in San Francisco, California

Factors associated with methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms among people who inject drugs

Novel Routes of Potential Hepatitis C Virus Transmission among People Who Inject Drugs: Secondary Blood Exposures Related to Injection Drug Use

Self‐perception of assisting with future injection drug initiation: The influence of relationships in the process of drug injecting initiation

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Prevention Awareness, Willingness, and Perceived Barriers among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, 2016–2018

Collaborators (12)

Peter Davidson

Randall Kuhn

Renata Arrington-Sanders

Katherine Diaz Vickery

Jimi Huh

Richard Garfein

Janeane Anderson

Benjamin Henwood

Melissa Chinchilla

Russell Brewer

Philippe Bourgois

Rachel Ceasar

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