Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Brown University, and a practicing Infectious Disease and Addiction specialist. He has worked at the Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals and as a consultant to the Rhode Island Department of Corrections on a weekly basis since 1994. He is an active researcher with continuous federal research funding since 1995 and is Principal or Co-Investigator on numerous ongoing grants. His primary field and area of specialization and expertise is in the overlap between infectious diseases and illicit substance use, the treatment and prevention of HIV infection, and the care and prevention of disease in addicted and incarcerated individuals. He is the Senior Medical Advisor and Co-founder of The Center for Health and Justice Transformation. He has advocated for public health policy changes to improve the health of people with addiction, including improving legal access to sterile syringes and increasing drug treatment for the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated populations. Dr Rich is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
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