Dr. Werb received his PhD from the University of British Columbia, and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Werb also holds appointments as a Research Scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver. He has garnered international recognition for his investigations of the natural history of injection drug use – including his exploration of factors influencing the initiation of injection drug use – as well as for his analyses of the impact of illicit drug policies on HIV risk among people who inject drugs. Dr. Werb’s current focus is on developing structural interventions to prevent the initiation of injection drug use in an effort to prevent the spread of injection-driven HIV epidemics.