Ithaca College

  "Geographies of a Current Drug Crisis: Opioids, Harm Reduction, and Moving Onward."  

Sheila P. Vakharia, MSW, PhD.

Monday, April 9
7pm, Textor 103

I am pleased to  announce our annual HPPE/FLEFF speaker, Sheila P. Vakharia, MSW, PhD, Assistant Prof, Dept of Social Work at Long Island University currently on leave serving as the Policy Manager in the Office of Academic Engagement for the Drug Policy Alliance.  She's a native of upstate NY who works and researches extensively on drug policy, opioids,  and harm reduction.    

You can learn more about Dr. Vakharia here:
LIU: http://liu.edu/Brooklyn/Academics/Faculty/Faculty/V/Sheila-Vakharia

DPA: http://www.drugpolicy.org/sheila-p-vakharia-phd

The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Exercise and Sports Sciences with additional support from the Departments of Occupational Therapy and Sociology.   

For more information and for anyone with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Stewart Auyash at auyash@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-1312. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.