Brittany Salerno

Brittany Salerno, MPH, manages substance use research in a Philadelphia-based emergency department. She takes pride in compassionately supporting her patients and navigating them to the best level of care possible in the acute care setting. Her passions include targeting interventions to mitigate stigma and racial disparities across public health, drug policy reform, and documentary-style photography for social change.

Hospital Addiction Consult Teams Seek to Fight Stigma, Meet Needs

As people continue to suffer with the many preventable side effects of not having a safe drug supply, Addiction Consult…

November 2, 2023

How to End Stigma in Hospitals Against People Who Use Drugs?

In 2020, Ronald Richardson and his friends who used drugs in Philadelphia began noticing wounds forming on their bodies. This…

July 5, 2023