Anna Newell is a fourth year graduate student in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and a PAMT predoctoral fellow. She studies drug policy and substance use with a specific focus on unintended crime and health-related consequences of drug policies. Her M.A. thesis examined associations between county-level opioid prescription dispensing and drug-related arrest rates. She received her B.A. in Criminology/Criminal Justice and Psychology from the University of Maryland and her M.A. in Criminology from Penn State.
About PAMT
The Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) program, funded by a T32 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, trains predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the integration of prevention science and statistical methodology for the behavioral sciences.
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Anna Newell is a fourth year graduate student in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and a PAMT predoctoral fellow. She studies drug policy and substance use with a specific focus on unintended crime and health-related consequences of drug policies. Her M.A. thesis examined associations between county-level opioid prescription dispensing and drug-related arrest rates. She received her B.A. in Criminology/Criminal Justice and Psychology from the University of Maryland and her M.A. in Criminology from Penn State.
About PAMT
The Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) program, funded by a T32 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, trains predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the integration of prevention science and statistical methodology for the behavioral sciences.
Contact Information
akn5535@psu.edu
she/her/hers
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