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Alex H. Kral

Director, Urban Health Program

Alex Kral, PhD, is an infectious disease epidemiologist with expertise in community-based research with urban poor populations. He is currently principal investigator and coinvestigator on several NIH-funded studies of substance use, infectious diseases, and health, spanning a diverse set of methodological areas including survey research, qualitative observational research, intervention development and testing, geospatial analyses, policy, and genetics. Dr. Kral has authored and coauthored over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Public Health, AIDS, Addiction, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Education

PhD, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley; MS, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University; BA, Sociology, Georgetown University.

Publications

Low-frequency heroin injection among out-of-treatment, street-recruited injection drug users — Journal of Urban Health
Harris, J.L., Lorvick, J., Wenger, L., Wilkins, T., Iguchi, M.Y., Bourgois, P., & Kral, A.H. (Apr 2013)
Pharmacy Syringe Purchase Test of Nonprescription Syringe Sales in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2010 — Journal of Urban Health
Lutnick, A., Cooper, E., Dodson, C., Bluthenthal, R., & Kral, A.H. (Apr 2013)
Interdisciplinary mixed methods research with structurally vulnerable populations: Case studies of injection drug users in San Francisco — International Journal on Drug Policy
Lopez, A.M., Bourgois, P., Wenger, L.D., Lorvick, J., Martinez, A.N., & Kral, A.H. (Mar 2013)
Promethazine misuse among methadone maintenance patients and community-based injection drug users — Journal of Addiction Medicine
Shapiro, B.J., Lynch, K.L., Toochinda, T., Lutnick, A., Cheng, H.Y., & Kral, A.H. (Mar 2013)
Structure, Agency, and Sexual Development of Latino Gay Men — Journal of Sex Research
Arreola, S.G., Ayala, G., Diaz, R.M., & Kral, A.H. (Mar 2013)
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