Brandon del Pozo

Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA (born 1974) is an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Services, Policy, and Practice (Research) at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and a research scientist at Rhode Island Hospital. He is also a faculty member of the Master of Science Program in Addiction Policy and Practice at the Georgetown University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Prior to research, del Pozo was the chief of police of Burlington, Vermont for four years, and served with the New York City Police Department for nearly two decades, rising to the rank of deputy inspector. While there, he commanded the 6th and 50th Precincts, and served overseas as an intelligence officer for the Arab world and India (based in Amman, Jordan). There, he investigated terror attacks to see what lessons they offered for New York City. He has received national recognition for his leadership from the Police Executive Research Forum.

Del Pozo is an elected member of the Council on Criminal Justice, a Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Academic at the National Institute of Justice, and was a 2022-2023 LEAP Investigator at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Provided by Wikipedia