Beth Meyerson

Dr. Beth Meyerson is the Beverly Benson McCord Endowed Chair of Nursing, a Professor of Nursing and of Family and Community Medicine, and the Policy Director for the Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction at the University of Arizona.  Dr. Meyerson also directs the Harm Reduction Research Lab with a national, transdisciplinary faculty from 9 universities. Meyerson's research is focused on the reduction of opioid overdose death and bloodborne illness and infection through policy and practice innovations in medicine, pharmacy and nursing. As the Beverly Benson McCord Endowed Chair in Nursing, Dr. Meyerson also seeks to understand the unique needs of aging populations at the intersection of pain and opioid use disorder to improve patient screening, diagnosis and treatment. As experts in implementation science and community based participatory action research (CBPAR), Meyerson and her team partner with people who have lived/living drug use experience, with opioid use disorder treatment providers, funders and regulators through the Drug Policy Research and Advocacy Board.  Meyerson's Current research focuses on aging and opioid use, opioid use disorder treatment.