Stephen Lankenau, PhD
Dr. Stephen E. Lankenau, Professor at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, has been leading research studies focused on the use and misuse of substances for over 20 years.
He is the Principal Investigator on a multi-year patient registry study funded by Agronomed that will track the health of medical cannabis patients recruited from 6 dispensaries in Pennsylvania.
He is the Principal Investigator on a 10-year longitudinal study funded by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (R01DA034067) focused on the health of young adult cannabis users in Los Angeles.
He is also co-leading two studies focused on overdose prevention in Philadelphia: one funded by NIDA (R34DA044758) that developed and tested the UnityPhilly app to deliver naloxone during overdose emergencies; and second funded by Arnold Ventures that will evaluate an overdose prevention site.