Dr. Beyrer is a leader in the study of the epidemiology of HIV among injection drug users, particularly in the role of drug trafficking routes in the spread of HIV. He currently has research and/or training activities in Thailand, China, Burma, India, Laos, Malawi, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Brazil, Russia, and the US. Dr. Beyrer has published extensively on HIV/AIDS epidemiology and prevention research, HIV vaccine research, and public health and human rights, and is the author of numerous articles and scientific papers. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank Institute, the World Bank Thailand Office, the Office for AIDS Research of the NIH, the Levi Strauss Foundation, the US Military HIV Research Program, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, the Open Society Institute, the Royal Thai Army, and numerous other organizations. Dr. Beyrer has received the Charlotte Silverman Fund Award for Epidemiology and Policy, Department of Epidemiology, and was nominated for the first Jonathan Mann Prize in Health and Human Rights in 1999. He was also the winner of the Lowell E. Bellin Award for Excellence in Preventive Medicine and Community Health, SUNY Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn in 1988. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and is the editor of Public Health & Human Rights: Evidence-Based Approaches, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.