Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and a practicing Infectious Disease Specialist since 1994 at The Miriam Hospital Immunology Center providing clinical care for over 22 years, and at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections caring for prisoners with HIV infection and working in the correctional setting doing research.
He has published close to 190 peer-reviewed publications, predominantly in the overlap between infectious diseases, addictions, and incarceration. He is the Director and Co-founder of The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at The Miriam Hospital (www.prisonerhealth.org).
He is also a Co-Founder of the national Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) collaboration in HIV in corrections (CFAR/CHIC) initiative.
He is the Principal Investigator of three R01 grants and a K24 grant all focused on incarcerated populations.
He has been appointed by RI Governor, Gina Raimondo, to the Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force Expert Team selected to advise the task force and formulate a strategic plan to address addiction and stop an overdose in Rhode Island.