Education:
Ph.D., Northwestern University - 2000 (Sociology)
Areas of Expertise:
Braine specializes in public health, work and organizations, research methods, gender and sexuality. In practice, the majority of her research has addressed drug use and HIV, including organizational and policy issues affecting both risk and prevention at individual and community levels.
Books and Publications
van Sluytman, L., N. Braine, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Migration Narratives: Expanding Methods to Examine the Interaction of Person and Environment Among Aging Gay Men." Journal of Gerontological Social Work. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Braine, N., L. van Sluytman, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Sexual Contexts and the Process of Risk Reduction." Culture, Health and Sexuality 13.7. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Braine, N., C. Acker, L. van Sluytman, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Drug Use, Community Action and Public Health: Gay Men and Crystal Meth in NYC." Substance Use and Misuse. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Braine, N., L. van Sluytman, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Money, Drugs and Bodies: Examining Exchange Sex in Multiple Contexts and Perspectives." Journal of Lesbian and Gay Social Services. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010
Friedman, S.R., D. Rossi and N. Braine. "Theorizing 'Big Events' as a Potential Risk Environment for Drug Use, Drug-Related Harm and HIV Epidemic Outbreaks." International Journal of Drug Policy 20.3. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Braine, N., C. Acker, C. Goldblatt, H. Yi, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Neighborhood History as a Factor Shaping Syringe Distribution Networks Among Drug Users at a U.S. Syringe Exchange." Social Networks 30. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Des Jarlais, D.C., N. Braine and P. Friedman. "Unstable Housing as a Factor for Increased Injection Risk Behavior at U.S. Syringe Exchange Programs." AIDS and Behavior, Supplement 2, November. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Braine, N., D.C. DesJarlais, C. Goldblatt, C. Zadoretsky and C. Turner. "Patterns of Sexual Commerce Among Women at U.S. Syringe Exchange Programs." Culture, Health and Sexuality 8.4. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Grant, for "Access to Care for WSW Drug Users." (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
National Institutes of Drug Abuse grant, to study New York City community-based responses to crystal methamphetamine use among gay/bisexual men and men who have sex with men. The project explores the intersection of sexual practices and drug use, understandings of HIV risk, social network norms and communication, and work by community-based organizations. 2007-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Sexual Minority Women, Drug Use, and Marginalization." 9th Harm Reduction Conference. Portland, Ore., Nov. 15-18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Braine, N., L. van Sluytman, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Sexual Contexts and the Process of Risk Reduction." 1st International Social Sciences and Humanities HIV Conference. Durban, South Africa, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Braine, N., C. Acker, L. van Sluytman, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Sex, Drugs, and Community Mobilization: Crystal Meth in NYC." 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. San Francisco, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Pandora's Box: Lifting the Lid on Crystal Methamphetamine and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community." Roundtable at the 19th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm. Barcelona, Spain. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Gender, Sexuality and HIV Risk Behavior Among Amphetamine Injectors at U.S. Syringe Exchange Programs." Department of Epidemiology Lecture Series, Yale School of Public Health. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Other Professional Activities
"Evaluation of Overdose Prevention at Methadone Maintenance" policy report submitted to the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute. 2008
"Factors Shaping Implementation of Overdose Prevention in Drug Treatment" policy report submitted to the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute. 2008
