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- 1 2 3 4 Shubham Saharan (April 9, 2019). "Nabila El-Bassel appointed to University Professor, highest academic position for Columbia faculty". Columbia Spectator. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
...rank of University Professor is the highest academic position afforded to University faculty. ... Her research has predominantly focused on HIV/AIDS prevention, violence against marginalized communities, and substance abuse, from which she has designed HIV and drug use interventional models for at-risk populations....
- ↑ "Columbia School of Social Work".
- ↑ "Nabila El-Bassel faculty bio". columbia.edu. Columbia School of Social Work. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ↑ Celia Darrough (June 5, 2019). "How The Opioid Epidemic Affects Women Differently". Bustle magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
... Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, PhD, DSW, a professor at Columbia University's School of Social Work who has done research on women and opioids, ... the lifetime rate of intimate partner violence reported by women who misuse substances is much higher than the national rate....
- ↑ Natasha Vaughn (April 24, 2019). "Broome chosen to participate in $86 million program to reduce opioid deaths". USA Today Press Connects. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
...Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, the University Professor who is leading the study explained that they will work to improve community education about opioids, expand medical treatment in jails, homeless shelters and other places and increase the number of trained and certified medical providers who better understand opioid use disorder....
- ↑ Katelyn Newman (April 18, 2019). "Federal Opioid-Fighting Effort to Focus on 4 States". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
...Researchers ... Nabila El-Bassel of Columbia University in New York ... were selected to oversee and commission programs and interventions at the local level....
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