Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Benjamin P. Linas, MD
Co-Director, Developmental Core, Professor of Medicine, Boston University
Research Interests
Opioids, Modeling, Implementation Science, Clinical Research, HIV Prevention, Epidemiology
Biography
Dr. Linas is a national leader in hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection and HCV/HIV co-infection comparative- and cost-effectiveness research using computational biology, clinical epidemiology and clinical economics methods. Dr. Linas has an excellent track record of productivity, ample funding from the NIH and CDC, and a growing core of successful trainees. Dr. Linas directs the HIV/HCV core of the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorders, HCV, and HIV, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in collaboration with Cornell, U Penn and Miami.