HIV and Opioids in the Rural Southeast
Abstract
About the Presenter:
Mindi Spencer, Ph.D. is currently a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior and the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Life‐Span Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University in 2006 and completed her postdoctoral training as Kellogg Health Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Spencer is the Principal Investigator of the “Youth Empowered Against HIV!” Project in South Carolina and a partner in the “Equalize Health” LGBT cultural competence training program for health care providers. Her scholarship with the Institute for Southern Studies centers on the regional context of health disparities, particularly the opioid epidemic and community-level pain and (dis)empowerment in Appalachia. Her ultimate goal is to ensure that her scholarship can be used to inform policy and promote positive social change.
Proposal Summary
Presenter will provide
Relevance And Significance
Presenter will provide
Session Format
Presentation Session
Location
Savannah, Ga.
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Spencer, Mindi, "HIV and Opioids in the Rural Southeast" (2019). 9th Annual Rural HIV Research and Training Conference (2014-2019). 7.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ruralhiv/2019/2019/7
HIV and Opioids in the Rural Southeast
Savannah, Ga.
About the Presenter:
Mindi Spencer, Ph.D. is currently a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior and the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Life‐Span Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University in 2006 and completed her postdoctoral training as Kellogg Health Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Spencer is the Principal Investigator of the “Youth Empowered Against HIV!” Project in South Carolina and a partner in the “Equalize Health” LGBT cultural competence training program for health care providers. Her scholarship with the Institute for Southern Studies centers on the regional context of health disparities, particularly the opioid epidemic and community-level pain and (dis)empowerment in Appalachia. Her ultimate goal is to ensure that her scholarship can be used to inform policy and promote positive social change.
