E. Jennifer Edelman
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Biography
E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS is an Associate 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.
Education & Training
- MHSYale University
- MDColumbia University
- BSCornell University, Human Development and Family Studies; and Human Biology, Health
- Clinical ScholarYale School of Medicine
- Chief ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital
- ResidencyYale-New Haven Hospital
- InternYale-New Haven Hospital
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Dr. Robert A. Savitt & Dr. George D. McCormack Award | Columbia University, New York, New York | 2022 |
Lipkin Award Finalist*, Society of General Internal Medicine National Annual Meeting, Oral Presentation | Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), Virtual (*Mentor) | 2021 |
Lipkin Award Finalist*, Society of General Internal Medicine National Annual Meeting, Oral Presentation | Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), Washington, DC (*Mentor) | 2019 |
Veterans Affairs Locally-Initiated Project Funding Award (“Prescription Opioid Tapering: Trajectories Among Men and Women Veterans”) | US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT | 2019 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Yale Diversity Committee | Co-chair of the Department of Medicine's Diversity Committee Funding and Resource subcommittee | 2021 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
- AIDS Care Program
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Program in Addiction Medicine
- Yale Center for Health & Learning Games
- Yale Medicine
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-Drug use, Addiction, and HIV prevention Research Scholars (DAHRS)
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative