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    E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, BS

    Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
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    Associate Professor on Term, Social and Behavioral Sciences

    Contact Info

    General Internal Medicine

    PO Box 208056

    New Haven, CT 06520-8025

    United States

    About

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    Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

    Associate Professor on Term, Social and Behavioral Sciences

    Biography

    E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health. Certified as an internist, HIV specialist and in Addiction Medicine, she serves as an HIV provider and the physician consultant in the Addiction Medicine Treatment Program at the Yale-New Haven Hospital Nathan Smith HIV Clinic. Her research focuses on optimizing HIV prevention and treatment in the context of substance use, including opioid, alcohol and tobacco use. To this end and applying a range of methodologies, she leads and collaborates on NIH-funded projects to evaluate novel and implement evidence-based addiction treatment in medical settings, especially HIV treatment settings. In addition, her work has focused on understanding harms associated with opioid use among people with HIV. She collaborates with community-based and public health partners to promote HIV prevention, including use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). She mentors trainees, including post-doctoral fellows and public health students, and is Associate Director of the Research on Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) Program and co-Director of Education at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation. She regularly serves on NIH grant review committees and is Associate Editor of Addiction Science and Clinical Practice.

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    Education & Training

    MHS
    Yale University
    Clinical Scholar
    Yale School of Medicine
    Chief Resident
    Yale-New Haven Hospital
    Residency
    Yale-New Haven Hospital
    Intern
    Yale-New Haven Hospital
    MD
    Columbia University
    BS
    Cornell University, Human Development and Family Studies; and Human Biology, Health

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of E. Jennifer Edelman's published research.

    Publications

    2024

    Clinical Trials

    Current Trials

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • activity

      Yale Diversity Committee

    • honor

      Dr. Robert A. Savitt & Dr. George D. McCormack Award

    • honor

      Lipkin Award Finalist*, Society of General Internal Medicine National Annual Meeting, Oral Presentation

    • honor

      Lipkin Award Finalist*, Society of General Internal Medicine National Annual Meeting, Oral Presentation

    • honor

      Veterans Affairs Locally-Initiated Project Funding Award (“Prescription Opioid Tapering: Trajectories Among Men and Women Veterans”)

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, specializes in HIV and addiction medicine. She provides patient care for HIV/AIDS and its associated complications, such as HIV-associated myopathy, dementia, and neurocognitive disorder.

    In addition to her clinical work in HIV care, Dr. Edelman’s research examines substance use disorder treatment in HIV clinics, emergency department-initiated buprenorphine programs, and alcohol reduction interventions for people with HIV.

    A recipient of the New England Society of General Internal Medicine Award for Excellence in Clinical Investigation and the Society of General Internal Medicine Lawrence Linn Award, her research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Cancer Institute.

    Dr. Edelman is a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

    Clinical Specialties

    Internal Medicine; Addiction Medicine; HIV & AIDs Medicine

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    Board Certifications

    • Addiction Medicine (Internal Medicine)

      Certification Organization
      AB of Addiction Medicine
      Latest Certification Date
      2024
      Original Certification Date
      2014
    • HIV Specialist

      Certification Organization
      American Academy of HIV Medicine
      Latest Certification Date
      2021
      Original Certification Date
      2013

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    General Internal Medicine

    PO Box 208056

    New Haven, CT 06520-8025

    United States

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