Dr. Nisha Beharie works as Senior Research Associate within the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She received her bachelor's degree from Fordham University (1999), before completing a master's degree in public health (2014) at Columbia University, and a doctorate degree in public health (2015) from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. She has extensive research, teaching and program experience in the fields of health policy, harm reduction, behavioral health, mental health and qualitative studies. Beharie has worked in a range of capacities with public-facing programs geared toward helping high-risk youth, individuals with mental illness and other marginalized populations. She has held teaching positions at CUNY and New York University and contributed to over 10 peer-reviewed publications. In 2014, Beharie was awarded the American Public Health Association Student Assembly Conference Scholarship. She has widely presented her work to public health audiences across the country.