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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

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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.

Appointments

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

Fact Sheets

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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