Rosalina Mills, PhD

Rosalina Mills, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow with the Yale School of Medicine NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Substance Abuse Prevention. Dr. Mills earned a PhD in Social & Behavioral Health Sciences from West Virginia University School of Public Health. Her doctoral research examined the primary prevention of anger and violence among rural adolescents. Dr. Mills’ community and extra-curricular work supported tertiary prevention and harm reduction efforts among adults who use drugs, by distributing harm reduction supplies and organizing an overdose prevention site.

Dr. Mills’ current work as a postdoctoral fellow focuses on substance use related research by examining the effective implementation of prevention and harm reduction in community crisis response. She is part of the lab/writing group for Elm City COMPASS (Compassionate Allies Serving our Streets), a community-based initiative to create a system of sustainable supports for individuals in New Haven experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis. Dr. Mills is particularly interested in research on harm reduction, overdose prevention, safe supply, and advocating for the human rights of people who use drugs.