Beth Meyerson, PhD

Beth Meyerson, PhD, is a professor focused on harm reduction and sexual health policy and systems at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson's Department of Family and Community Medicine, where she directs the Harm Reduction Research Lab. The lab faculty include researchers from seven universities across the United States and one in Australia. A feature of Dr. Meyerson’s lab is the development of researchers with lived/living drug use experience. Dr. Meyerson is the policy director for the Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction at University of Arizona Health Sciences, and a faculty member of the U of A Institute for LGBT Studies.  

Dr. Meyerson works closely with the Drug Policy Research and Advocacy Board, a statewide, transdisciplinary group of people, to build the evidence edifice to inform practice and policy to improve the health of people who use drugs. The Drug Policy Research and Advocacy Board includes MOUD providers, people on MOUD, people with lived drug use experience, payors, policy makers, harm reduction organizations and university researchers.  

Dr. Meyerson has published over 75 articles and books. Her research has informed policy change to improve the health of communities in Indiana and Arizona.