About

Dr. Stephen E. Lankenau is a sociologist who combines public health concerns and mixed methods to the study of substance use and health outcomes associated with use, including homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and overdose as well as healing and recovery.

He is director of Drexel's Medical Cannabis Research Center and is leading a patient registry study of medical cannabis patients in Pennsylvania to determine the impact of medical cannabis on qualifying medical conditions, e.g., chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety.

He is leading a five-year renewal study of medical and personal use of cannabis among young adults in Los Angeles to describe patterns of use and health behaviors. In total, the study period will extend from 2013 to 2024 (www.chayala.org).

Lastly, he is co-leading a five-year study to deploy a mobile phone application (UnityPhilly) to deliver naloxone to overdose events in real-time across Philadelphia (www.unityphilly.org).

He teaches graduate courses on proposal design, qualitative methods, and substance use.

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Organizational Affiliations

Affiliate Faculty, Urban Health Collaborative, Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University

Community Health and Prevention, Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University

Past Affiliations

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (United States, Silver Spring) - WRAIR

University of Maryland, College Park (United States, College Park) - UMD

Marymount University (United States, Arlington) - MU

National Institute on Drug Abuse (United States, Bethesda) - NIDA

National Development and Research Institutes (United States, New York) - NDRI

Columbia University (United States, New York) - CU

University of Southern California (United States, Los Angeles) - USC

Education

Sociology
University of Essex (United Kingdom, Colchester)
Sociology
BA, University of Vermont (United States, Burlington) - UVM
Sociology
MA, University of Maryland, College Park (United States, College Park) - UMD
Sociology
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park (United States, College Park) - UMD