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Dr. Shayla Nolen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at John Brown University whose research focuses on critical public health issues related to drug use and infectious disease. Her work addresses opioid use disorder treatment, HIV, and Hepatitis C virus, with a particular emphasis on substance abuse treatment outcomes and the effects of prenatal substance exposure. Nolen's research has explored disparities in community-based naloxone access across different racial and ethnic groups. She employs descriptive analyses to evaluate the relationship between naloxone distribution strategies and opioid overdose deaths. Her recent work includes interrupted time-series analyses examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid overdose deaths and community naloxone access among Black, Hispanic, and White populations. She is actively researching strategies for equitable prevention of opioid overdose fatalities in racial/ethnic minority communities.

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• h-index: 11
• Publications: 22
• Citations: 351