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Overview

Joseph J. Palamar is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on toxicology, epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including forensic toxicology and drug analysis, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, opioid use disorder treatment, psychedelics and drug studies, HIV related to drug use and sexual risk, as well as smoking behavior and cessation.

Recent notable publications by Joseph J. Palamar include:

  • Trends in Cannabis Use Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015-2018 (2020), JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Trends in seizures of powders and pills containing illicit fentanyl in the United States, 2018 through 2021 (2022), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Trends in drug use among electronic dance music party attendees in New York City, 2016-2019 (2020), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Past-Year Kratom Use in the U.S.: Estimates From a Nationally Representative Sample (2021), American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Decreasing perceived risk associated with regular cannabis use among older adults in the United States from 2015 to 2019 (2021), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Joseph J. Palamar frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Linda B. Cottler (29 joint publications)
  • Benjamin H. Han (28 joint publications)
  • Nicole D. Fitzgerald (23 joint publications)
  • Austin Le (20 joint publications)
  • Katherine M. Keyes (14 joint publications)

The researcher publishes regularly in these venues:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence (23 publications)
  • The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (9 publications)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy (8 publications)
  • Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (8 publications)
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Demographic trends of binge alcohol use and alcohol use disorders among older adults in the United States, 2005-2014.

    Benjamin H. Han;Alison A. Moore;Scott Sherman;Katherine M. Keyes

  • Demographic trends among older cannabis users in the United States, 2006-13.

    Benjamin H. Han;Scott Sherman;Pia M. Mauro;Silvia S. Martins

  • Trends in Cannabis Use Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015-2018.

    Benjamin H Han;Joseph J Palamar

  • Comorbidities and Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Prospective Study

    Mei R. Fu;Deborah Axelrod;Amber A. Guth;Charles M. Cleland

  • Correlates of intentions to use cannabis among US high school seniors in the case of cannabis legalization

    Joseph J. Palamar;Danielle C. Ompad;Eva Petkova;Eva Petkova

  • Detection of "bath salts" and other novel psychoactive substances in hair samples of ecstasy/MDMA/"Molly" users.

    Joseph J. Palamar;Alberto Salomone;Marco Vincenti;Charles M. Cleland

  • Powder cocaine and crack use in the United States: an examination of risk for arrest and socioeconomic disparities in use.

    Joseph J. Palamar;Shelby Davies;Danielle C. Ompad;Charles M. Cleland

  • Self-reported use of novel psychoactive substances in a US nationally representative survey: Prevalence, correlates, and a call for new survey methods to prevent underreporting

    Joseph J. Palamar;Silvia S. Martins;Mark K. Su;Danielle C. Ompad

  • Poly-club-drug use among gay and bisexual men: a longitudinal analysis.

    Perry N. Halkitis;Joseph J. Palamar;Preetika Pandey Mukherjee

  • Moving on from representativeness: testing the utility of the Global Drug Survey

    Monica J Barratt;Jason A Ferris;Renee Zahnow;Joseph J Palamar

  • Marijuana use by middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2015-2016

    Benjamin H. Han;Joseph J. Palamar

  • Hookah Use Among US High School Seniors

    Joseph J. Palamar;Sherry Zhou;Scott Sherman;Michael Weitzman

  • Nonmedical opioid use and heroin use in a nationally representative sample of us high school seniors.

    Joseph J. Palamar;Jenni A. Shearston;Eric W. Dawson;Pedro Mateu-Gelabert

  • Longitudinal Modeling of Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Gay and Bisexual Men

    Perry N. Halkitis;Preetika Pandey Mukherjee;Joseph J. Palamar

  • Validation of Self-Administered Single-Item Screening Questions (SISQs) for Unhealthy Alcohol and Drug Use in Primary Care Patients.

    Jennifer McNeely;Charles M. Cleland;Shiela M. Strauss;Joseph J. Palamar

  • Development and Psychometric Evaluation of Scales that Assess Stigma Associated With Illicit Drug Users

    Joseph J. Palamar;Mathew V. Kiang;Perry N. Halkitis

  • Cluster (School) RCT of ParentCorps: Impact on Kindergarten Academic Achievement

    Laurie Miller Brotman;Spring Dawson-McClure;Esther J. Calzada;Keng Yen Huang

  • Synthetic cannabinoid use in a nationally representative sample of US high school seniors

    Joseph J. Palamar;Patricia Acosta

  • Characteristics of novel psychoactive substance exposures reported to New York City Poison Center, 2011-2014

    Joseph J Palamar;Mark K Su;Robert S Hoffman

  • Binge Drinking Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015 to 2017

    Benjamin H. Han;Alison A. Moore;Rosie Ferris;Joseph J. Palamar

  • Hair testing to assess both known and unknown use of drugs amongst ecstasy users in the electronic dance music scene

    Joseph J. Palamar;Alberto Salomone;Enrico Gerace;Daniele Di Corcia

  • Perceived experiences of atheist discrimination: Instrument development and evaluation.

    Melanie E. Brewster;Joseph Hammer;Jacob S. Sawyer;Austin Eklund

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles M. Cleland
Charles M. Cleland New York University
Danielle C. Ompad
Danielle C. Ompad New York University
Perry N. Halkitis
Perry N. Halkitis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dustin T. Duncan
Dustin T. Duncan Columbia University
Linda B. Cottler
Linda B. Cottler University of Florida
Silvia S. Martins
Silvia S. Martins Columbia University
Keng Yen Huang
Keng Yen Huang New York University
Jason Ferris
Jason Ferris University of Queensland
Richard Saitz
Richard Saitz Boston University
Robyn R.M. Gershon
Robyn R.M. Gershon New York University

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