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Stephen E Lankenau1, Michael C Clatts, Lloyd A Goldsamt

  • 1Stephen E. Lankenau, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. He conducts research on hidden populations, high-risk youth, and out-of-treatment drug users. Muchael C. Clatts, Ph.D., is the director of the Institute for International Research on Youth at Risk (IRYAR) at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI). His principal area of interest is in community epidemiology and the development of community-based public health programs. Lloyd A. Goldsamt, Ph.D., is deputy director of the Institute for International Research on Youth at Risk (IRYAR) at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI). His primary area of interest is public health research with high risk youth populations, with an emphasis on the initiation of risk behaviors. Dorinda L. Welle, Ph.D., director of youth and Community Development Core of the Institute for International Research on Youth at Risk (IRYAR) at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI). She is currently conducting a longitudinal ethnographic study of how the AIDS epidemic informs adolescent development and identity dynamics among youth.

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