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Benjamin Howell, MD, MPH, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

Biography

Benjamin A. Howell, MD, MPH, MHS grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia University. He received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco along with a Masters of Public Health from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He completed residency and chief residency in the Internal Medicine-Primary Care residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Following residency, he completed a health services research post-doctoral fellowship in the Yale School of Medicine's National Clinician Scholars Program. Dr. Howell is interested in improving the health outcomes of individuals, families, and communities impacted by mass incarceration, increasing access to harm reduction strategies for addiction, and developing innovative models of primary care delivery.

Appointments

Education & Training

MHS
Yale School of Medicine (2020)
Chief Resident, Advocacy and Community Health
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2017)
Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2016)
MD
University of California, San Francisco, Sch of Med (2013)
MPH
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health (2012)
BA
Columbia University (2002)

Board Certifications

  • Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine)

    Certification Organization
    AB of Preventive Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2022
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2016

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Health Services; Jails; Opiate Overdose; Opioid Epidemic; Opioid-Related Disorders; Prisons

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Benjamin Howell's published research.

Publications

Featured Publications

2024

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