A. Taylor Thomas

@a_taylor_thomas

A. Taylor Thomas holds an MPH from Harvard and wrote her master’s thesis on the U.S. opioid epidemic. An MD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Thomas has experience in politics, strategic planning, and design thinking. She hopes to align the objectives of clinical medicine, health policy, and management to help streamline the adaptation of clinical innovations and advance patient care. Thomas has degrees in political science and biology from Yale University and holds a master of public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

A drug addict uses a glass water pipe to smoke methamphetamine at an undisclosed drug den in Manila, Philippines, on June 20, 2016. The photo is a closeup of a man smoking from a glass pipe. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo

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Coronavirus is a Public Health Nightmare—Now Comes One More

by A. Taylor Thomas, Emily Briskin

As the pandemic chokes off opioid supplies from China and unemployment skyrockets, U.S. meth addiction is set to explode