{{Short description|American professor}} {{Infobox person | image = Meyerson Headshot.jpg | alt = Beth E. Meyerson | name = Beth E. Meyerson | honorific_suffix = | other names = | caption = Meyerson in 2019 | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Professor, Author | years_active = | alma_mater = University of Michigan – BA, 1988<br />Christian Theological Seminary – MDiv., 1992<br />Saint Louis University – PhD, 2002 | notable_works = {{unbulleted list|''Ready to Go: The History and Contributions of U.S. Public Health Advisors''}} (2008) }}
'''Beth E. Meyerson''' is an American professor at the University of Arizona with interest in public health. She is best known for her research on public health policy with focus on harm reduction and sexual health. She is the Beverly Benson McCord Endowed Professor of Nursing, Professor of Medicine, and Policy Director of the [https://painandaddiction.arizona.edu/ Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction] at the University of Arizona.
Meyerson's research is oriented as translational to program and policy through the application of implementation science and community-based participatory action research (CBPAR). Examples of this include informing state legislation to decriminalize syringe possession and thus allowing syringe service programming in Indiana (Indiana Code § 16-41-7.5-5) and Arizona (House Bill 2839).
== Career ==
From 1994 until 1998 Meyerson was the state AIDS and STD director for Missouri, where she held positions on the board of directors for the ''National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors'' (NASTAD)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/19/us/man-knowingly-exposed-62-women-to-aids-virus.html | title = Man Knowingly Exposed 62 Women to AIDS Virus | last = Nossiter | first = Adam | date = 19 April 1997 | website = The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite conference | first = | last = | author-link = | title = Preventing the Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | book-title = | pages = 39 | publisher = United States Government Publishing Office | date = 5 February 1995| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NMTBPsGHtBAC&dq=%22Beth+meyerson%22+National+Alliance+of+State+and+Territorial+AIDS+Directors&pg=PA39 | doi = | isbn = 9780160564888}}</ref> and was a founding member of the ''National Coalition of STD Directors''.<ref>{{cite web |title=SIROW Research Professor Appointed to the Board of the Women's Foundation for the State of Arizona! {{!}} The Southwest Institute for Research on Women |url=https://sirow.arizona.edu/news/sirow-research-professor-appointed-board-womens-foundation-state-arizona |website=Arizona.edu}}</ref>
In 1998, she formed the ''Policy Resource Group'', LLC; an international consultancy focused on sexual health with an emphasis on building community-government relationships to advance sexual health policy.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cervicalcancerfreeamerica.org/about-us/ccfa-staff/ | title = CCFC Staff | last = | first = | date = | publisher = Cervical Cancer-Free America}}</ref> During this time she completed a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis and Administration at the Saint Louis University, and served on an Institute of Medicine committee focused on the Ryan White CARE Act.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216144/ | title = Committee on the Ryan White CARE Act: Data for Resource Allocation, Planning, and Evaluation | last = | first = | date = 2004 | website = | publisher = National Academies Press}}</ref> The act, enacted in 1990 and named after the Indiana teen who paved the way for people with HIV to attend school, funds grants to states and communities to provide care and treatment to people with HIV.
In 2011, Meyerson joined the faculty of the Indiana University School of Public Health as a tenure track faculty member and was appointed as an associate professor with tenure in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://blogs.iu.edu/iusph/2018/12/13/dr-beth-meyerson-named-iu-bicentennial-professor/ | title = Dr. Beth Meyerson named IU Bicentennial Professor | last = | first = | date = 13 December 2018| publisher = Indiana University Bloomington| quote = Beth Meyerson, associate professor of health policy and management }}</ref> She also co-directed the ''Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention'' until 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Beth Meyerson becomes RCAP Co-Director: Scholarly Activity: News: : Indiana University Bloomington |url=https://rcap.indiana.edu/news-events/_news/2017-01-02-CoDirector.html |website=Indiana.edu}}</ref> and was affiliated with the Kinsey Institute<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kinseyinstitute.org/about/profiles/affiliates.php | title = Affiliates | last = | first = | date = | publisher = Kinsey Institute | quote = }}</ref> and the ''Center for HPV Research''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.pcori.org/people/beth-meyerson | title = Beth Meyerson | last = | first = | date =| publisher = Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute}}</ref> While at Indiana University, Meyerson and her community colleagues conducted research regarding an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nprillinois.org/2015-04-20/indiana-governor-extends-public-health-emergency-to-fight-hiv-outbreak | title = Indiana Governor Extends Public Health Emergency To Fight HIV Outbreak | last = Block | first = Melissa | date = 20 April 2015 | website = | publisher = National Public Radio Illinois | quote = }}</ref> Her research with Indiana pharmacies paved the way for pharmacy-based interventions to reduce blood-borne infections and opioid overdoses.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2018/02/18/ius-addictions-initiative-projects-focus-on-pharmacies-policies-new-moms/46854401/ | title = IU's addictions initiative projects focus on pharmacies, policies, new moms | last = Reschke | first = Michael | date = 17 February 2018 | publisher = The Herald-Times| quote = }}</ref> Meyerson was subsequently awarded a Bicentennial Professorship in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=IU names Bicentennial Professors, sets goal of faculty presentations in all 92 Indiana counties: 2018: News: Media: Indiana University Bicentennial: Indiana University |url=https://200.iu.edu/media/news/2018/20181212-01.html |website=Indiana University Bicentennial |language=en}}</ref>
In 2019, Meyerson joined the faculty of the University of Arizona with the ''Southwest Institute for Research on Women'' in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She was also affiliated with the School of Government and Public Policy, the ''Institute for LGBT Studies''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gender and LGBTQ+ Equality & Social Inclusion {{!}} The Southwest Institute for Research on Women |url=https://sirow.arizona.edu/gender-lgbtq-equality |website=Arizona.edu}}</ref> In 2023, she joined the faculty of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the College of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beth E Meyerson, MDiv, PhD |url=https://medicine.arizona.edu/person/beth-e-meyerson-mdiv-phd |website=University of Arizona}}</ref>
Meyerson was a member of the national board of directors of Lambda Legal<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.lambdalegal.org/about-us/board-nlc | title = Board of Directors, National Leadership Council & Board Alumni | last = | first = | date = | publisher = Lambda Legal| quote = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New SIROW Collaborations! |url=https://sirow.arizona.edu/news/new-sirow-collaborations |website=University of Arizona}}</ref> having served two terms, interrupted by residence in Switzerland from 2016-2018.
Meyerson currently serves on the national board of directors of the ''American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association'' (ASTDA)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.astda.org/about-astda/#fa59d149df80201f9| title = Board of Directors | last = | first = | date =| publisher = American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association}}</ref> and on local boards of directors in Arizona. In 2024, she was appointed to the Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership (ASAP), which is the statewide council on substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. Authorized under Executive Order 2023-17.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership |url=https://goyff.az.gov/councils-commissions/arizona-substance-abuse-partnership |website=Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family |language=en}}</ref>
== Research work ==
Meyerson has contributed book chapters, books and has published several articles focused on policy and systems issues in public health, sexual health and harm reduction.<ref>{{cite web |title=IU expert: Current HIV testing approach 'not doing the job': IU News Room: Indiana University |url=https://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/22712.html |website=Iu.edu}}</ref> Meyerson's Harm Reduction Research Lab produced several papers documenting the need and opportunities for expansion of sexual health and harm reduction interventions in Indiana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump's Surgeon General Pick Built Reputation Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/05/535618770/surgeon-general-nominee-championed-policies-to-curb-indiana-s-opioid-epidemic |publisher=National Public Radio}}</ref> This work contributed to the passage of Indiana's syringe access law in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=House panel passes needle exchange bill over HIV outbreak |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2015/03/30/house-panel-passes-needle-exchange-bill-over-hiv-outbreak/45857737/ |website=South Bend Tribune}}</ref>
Meyerson has published numerous papers documenting the need for syringe access to reduce blood-borne infections among people who inject drugs in Arizona, healthcare provider abuse of people who use drugs, issues with layperson naloxone access and need for substance use treatment system reform.<ref>{{cite web |title=IU research finds many Indiana pharmacists are not dispensing naloxone |url=https://news.iu.edu/live/news/25010-iu-research-finds-many-indiana-pharmacists-are-not |website=Indiana University |language=en}}</ref> She has contributed to the statewide effort to decriminalize syringe access in Arizona and decriminalize fentanyl testing strips.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sbs.arizona.edu/news/sirow-researcher-aims-improve-healthcare-people-who-use-drugs | title = SIROW Researcher Aims to Improve Healthcare for People Who Use Drugs | last = | first = | date = 4 February 2021 | publisher = University of Arizona| quote = }}</ref> In 2020 she established a statewide Drug Policy Research and Advocacy Board (DPRAB), a transdisciplinary group of people who provide medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), people who are MOUD patients, people who have lived/living drug use experience, government partners, harm reduction organizations and payors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Improving Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Arizona |url=https://news.arizona.edu/story/improving-treatment-opioid-use-disorder-arizona |website=University of Arizona News |language=en |date=19 March 2021}}</ref> Together with her lab faculty (with members across 7 U.S. universities), the DPRAB advances harm reduction science and produced the first instrument to measure structural indicators of Community Based Participatory Action Research (SI-CBPAR).<ref>{{cite web |title=About The Harm Reduction Research Lab {{!}} Family & Community Medicine |url=https://www.fcm.arizona.edu/research/harm-reduction-research-lab/about |website=Arizona.edu |language=en}}</ref>
==Publications== ===Books=== * {{cite book|title= Ready to Go: The History and Contributions of U.S. Public Health Advisor| date= 21 August 2008| publisher= American Social Health Association| isbn= 978-0-615-20383-6}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Crosby |first1=R. A. |title=Ready to Go: The History and Contributions of U.S. Public Health Advisors: By Beth E. Meyerson, Fred A. Martich, and Gerald P. Naehr |journal=American Journal of Epidemiology |date=15 September 2010 |volume=172 |issue=6 |pages=741–742 |doi=10.1093/aje/kwq250 |url=https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/172/6/741/99596}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://www.ashasexualhealth.org/pdfs/RTG_Review.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219044919/https://www.ashasexualhealth.org/pdfs/RTG_Review.pdf | archive-date=2024-02-19}}</ref> * Poppy's Combine. Beth Meyerson. (3 January 2012), {{ISBN|978-0-615-56775-4}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=POPPY'S COMBINE |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/beth-e-meyerson/poppys-combine/ |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
===Chapters===
*Zimet GD, Meyerson BE, Dutta T, Forster A, Corcoran B, Hanley S (2019). Political and public responses to HPV screening and vaccination. In Jenkins D and Bosch X. Human papillomavirus: Proving and using a viral cause for cancer. London: Elsevier. *Crosby, RA. & Meyerson, BE (2012). Prevention counseling and condom use instruction: Opportunities for STI clinics. In J. Zenilman and M. Shahmanesh (Eds.) Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment. Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
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==External links== * {{Google Scholar id | z6yDvMYAAAAJ&hl | name= Beth E. Meyerson }}
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