Stephen E. Lankenau , PhD Assistant Professor of Research Dr. Lankenau is an Assistant Professor of Research at the University of Southern California(USC), Keck School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Prior to joining the faculty at USC, Dr. Lankenau held an appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Additionally, Dr. Lankenau is Principal Investigator on a NIDA-funded R01 grant, "Ketamine Injection and HIV Risk Among High Risk Youth in Three Cities: New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles." Prior to the R01 award, Dr. Lankenau was a Principal Investigator on a NIDA-funded R03 grant, "HIV Risk and Ketamine Injection Among High Risk Youth", and an ethnographer on two NIDA-funded R01 grants headed by Dr. Michael Clatts - a single site study examining HIV risk among young men who have sex with men in New York City and an multi-city investigation of risk of HIV transmission among crack cocaine injectors. In 1997, Dr. Lankenau began a two-year, NIDA-funded training fellowship focusing on drug use, drug treatment, HIV, and research methodologies. During the training fellowship, Dr. Lankenau also worked as an ethnographer on a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant investigating cigarette smoking policies in U.S. prisons and jails. Prior to the fellowship, Dr. Lankenau completed a doctorate in sociology at the University of Maryland, and conducted a three-year ethnographic study of homeless panhandlers living in Washington, DC.Research Interests
Dr. Lankenau is a sociologist, and conducts ethnographic research on high-risk, out-of-treatment populations, including homeless youth, injection drug users, and others involved in the informal street economy. Currently, Dr. Lankenau is a Principal Investigator on a four-year project studying risks associated with injection drug use among users of ketamine in New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. This study examines unanticipated medical consequences associated with ketamine use, such as infectious disease risk, drug dependence, drug overdose, and cognitive impairment. In the next year, Dr. Lankenau anticipates beginning a new study examining prescription drug abuse among high-risk youth in New York and Los Angeles, as well as collaborating on a new project researching risk behaviors among gang-involved youth in Los Angeles.
Degrees
University of Maryland, PhD, 1997
University of Maryland, MA, 1994
University of Vermont, BA, 1988
Fellowships
Behavioral Science Training Fellowship, National Institute on Drug Abuse , - 1999
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American Sociological Association
American Public Health Association
Selected Publications Lankenau, S., Clatts, M., Welle, D., Goldsamt, L., and Gwadz, M. (2005). Street Careers: Homelessness, Drug Use, and Hustling Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men. International Journal of Drug Policy. 16:10-18.
Lankenau , S., Clatts, M., Goldsamt, L., and Welle, D. (2004) Crack Cocaine Injection Practices and HIV Risk: Findings from New York and Bridgeport. Journal of Drug Issues, 34, 2: 319-332.
Lankenau, S., and Clatts, M. (2004) Drug Injection Practices among High-Risk Youth: The First Shot of Ketamine. Journal of Urban Health, 81(2): 232-248.
Lankenau, S. and Clatts, M. (2002) Ketamine injection among high risk youths: Preliminary findings from New York City. The Journal of Drug Issues, 32, 3: 893-906.
Lankenau, S. (2001) Smoke 'em if you got 'em: Cigarette black markets in U.S. prisons and jails. The Prison Journal, 81(2): 142-161.
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