Joseph J. Palamar, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an assistant professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and data coordinator in the Institute for Prevention Science at the NYU Child Study Center. He oversees all aspects of data tracking and cleaning for a variety of large-scale studies, and oversees systems for data quality assurance. He also collaborates with research scientists in preparing data for analysis and assists in supervision of research assistants on all data-related projects to ensure that timelines are met.

Dr. Palamar has his Ph.D. in public health at New York University. He received an M.P.H. from New York University, an M.A. in educational psychology from New York University, a B.A. in forensic psychology from John Jay College (CUNY), and an A.S. in criminal justice from Nassau Community College.

Prior to this he served as a research assistant for the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS; formerly CHEST).

Dr. Palamar has published in the International Journal of Drug Policy and Addictive Behaviors, and has articles currently in press for the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, Addiction, and the Journal of Neural Transmission.