Professor of Medicine

Overview

Curt G. Beckwith, M.D., FACP, FIDSA, is Professor Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He conducts research on developing innovative HIV testing, linkage, and retention programs for vulnerable populations, particularly for substance users and persons involved with the justice system. He has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse since 2007, completed a K23 career development award, and led a multi-site R01. He is the PI of the Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Program on Substance Use and HIV, Associate Director of the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research, and Director of the Special Populations Core of the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose. In addition, Dr. Beckwith is the Program Director for the Brown University Infectious Diseases Fellowship, serves on the Department of Health and Human Services Antiretroviral Guidelines Committee, and he is an infectious diseases clinician at The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.

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