justin Knox, PhD, MPH, MSc

Dr. Justin Knox is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Implementation Science and Intervention (in Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences)  at Columbia University and a Research Scientist in the Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health in the NY State Psychiatric Institute. His research focuses on HIV and substance use among racial and sexual minorities, both domestically and globally.

He is the PI of multiple NIH-funded projects to investigate relationships between substance use and HIV transmission among Black sexual minority men. He is also the PI of a mentored career development award to develop and evaluate an intervention that aims to improve HIV treatment outcomes and reduce alcohol use among Black sexual minority men.

Dr. Knox earned his PhD in Epidemiology from Columbia University; his dissertation focused on substance use and HIV risk among social networks of Black South African men who have sex with men, work funded by the NIH and the U.S. Fulbright Student Program. Dr. Knox also has an MPH from Columbia University, an MSc in Medical Anthropology from University College London, and a Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland.