Ryan Westergaard, MD, Ph.D., MPH
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Westergaard is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. As an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist, he has been researching populations affected by HIV, hepatitis C, and substance use disorders since 2009. Dr. Westergaard has used epidemiologic methods to describe how health care usage and treatment outcomes are inferior for people who inject opioids compared to other key populations. His work has demonstrated that factors contributing to these disparities include individual characteristics and behaviors, provider and health system factors, and larger structural and political forces.
David Seal, Ph.D., FAAHB
Co-Principal Investigator
David Seal, Ph.D. is a Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University. Dr. Seal has extensive experience and expertise with the conduct of social behavioral formative and intervention research within a multicultural community-based participatory framework. He has conducted large research projects in collaboration with Vivent Health and other community partners in Wisconsin for more than 20 years.