HelenaBjerringHansenMD

Psychiatry • New York, NY

Addiction

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine

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Office
550 1st Ave # 20N37
NYU Department of Psychiatry
New York, NY 10016
Phone+1 718-872-8587

Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 2009 - 2011
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry, 2005 - 2009
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

144 citations
The War on Drugs That Wasn't: Wasted Whiteness, "Dirty Doctors," and Race in Media Coverage of Prescription Opioid Misuse.
Julie Netherland, Helena Hansen
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 2016-06-06
137 citations
Variation in Use of Buprenorphine and Methadone Treatment by Racial, Ethnic, and Income Characteristics of Residential Social Areas in New York City
Helena Hansen, Carole Siegel, Brady G. Case, David N. Bertollo, Danae DiRocco
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2013-05-24
118 citations
White opioids: Pharmaceutical race and the war on drugs that wasn't.
Julie Netherland, Helena Hansen
Biosocieties. 2017-06-01

Journal Articles

Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Women in Massachusetts
Helena Hansen, Elizabeth E Krans, Timothy E Wilens, JAMA Network Open

Authored Content

Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Women in MassachusettsMay 2020

Press Mentions

Some Roadblocks to Lifesaving Addiction Treatment Are Gone. Now What?March 21st, 2023
A Roadblock to Life-Saving Addiction Treatment Is Gone. Now What?March 6th, 2023
Two Deadly Days in St. Louis: An Overdose Cluster Kills 8 Black People — and Shows the New Shape of the Addiction CrisisJuly 25th, 2022
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