Leadership

Rhodri Dierst-Davies, M.P.H. is the Study Coordinator on the NIDA-funded Voucher-based Incentives in a Prevention Setting (VIPS) study located at the Friends Community Center in Los Angeles, CA.  Rhodri earned his Masters of Public Health, with a specialization in Epidemiology, from the University of California at Los Angeles.  Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Rhodri worked as both a research assistant in a methadone clinic at San Francisco General Hospital and as an HIV Counselor for the UCSF AIDS Health Project.  His research interests include studying how the confluence of sexual behavior and substance abuse affect sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men.