Speaking & Consulting
I speak and consult on drugs, policy, and prisons.
Three ways to work together: hands-on consulting and training for organizations and research teams, expert keynotes, and a few story-driven talks I love to give.
Speaking & Consulting
Three ways to work together: hands-on consulting and training for organizations and research teams, expert keynotes, and a few story-driven talks I love to give.
Hands-on engagements for organizations and research teams — workshops, training, and ongoing advising.
Drug Checking That Serves People and Produces Research
Stand up a community drug-checking program that delivers real-time, life-saving results and generates peer-reviewed evidence — drawn from directing Drug Checking Los Angeles at UCLA.
Health depts · harm-reduction orgs · universities · workshop + advisingLived Experience as Expertise
Bring people who use drugs in as true co-researchers — design through dissemination — with real models for compensation, co-authorship, and power-sharing.
Research teams · universities · funders · workshopStorytelling as Advocacy
Turn findings into policy: dissemination strategy, op-eds in the national press, and social media that reaches millions. Make a number tell a human story.
Researchers · advocates · comms teams · keynote / workshopAI for Researchers
Fold AI into the whole research lifecycle — analysis, translation, and dissemination — without losing rigor or voice. Grounded in daily working use.
Academics · research & comms teams · workshop / trainingSupporting Formerly Incarcerated Scholars
Help formerly incarcerated people build research careers — and help institutions actually recruit, support, and retain them. From a federal cell to a UCLA directorship.
Universities · fellowships · justice & DEI initiatives · keynote + advisingSubject-matter talks for conferences, agencies, universities, and clinical audiences.
The Synthetic Opioid Era
What the illicit supply is really made of, what drives overdose, and what prevents death — including the first US detection of BTMPS in fentanyl. Research across six countries; a study visit with the EU Drugs Agency in Lisbon.
Clinical · academic · government · internationalMethadone Without Borders
Opioid agonist treatment (MOUD) across six countries — and accessing methadone in four of them. Data and lived experience, merged.
Clinical · policy · recovery · internationalLessons from Measure 110
Oregon's decriminalization and recriminalization — the policy, the data, and the misread housing story — from inside the Measure 110 Oversight & Accountability Council.
Policymakers · public health · universitiesNaloxone at the Function
Overdose prevention in nightlife and music — what worked taking Beats Overdose across 35 states in partnership with Rhymesayers Entertainment.
Events · music industry · public healthUniversities, agencies, legislatures, and movement spaces.
Fees vary by format, travel, and budget — nonprofit and student rates available. Tell me about your event and I'll send a quote.