Joseph Lunievicz
Director

Joe Lunievicz is Director of the Training Institute at NDRI. He has over 20 years experience in training, curriculum writing, program development and management specializing in the public health fields of substance abuse and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS.

Mr. Lunievicz has lead training initiatives and curriculum writing teams on HIV and Drug Treatment Curriculum including the following regional and national training initiatives: Cultural Prificiency Issues, Care Coordination for Adherence to HIV, and Consensus and Evidence Based Practices for Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders. In addition to managing both regional and national projects he has worked extensively with local and national drug court initiatives specializing in Cultural Proficiency Issues, Treatment Modalities, Teambuilding, Presentation Skills, and Understanding and Coping with Participant Relapse. He has presented at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals annual conference and at state conferences across the country. Mr. Lunievicz is also co-investigator on a number of NIDA funded projects to develop computer assisted training on subjects such as: The New York State HIV Confidentiality Law, Methamphetamine Treatment for Drug Court Practitioners, Hepatitis C Knowledge and Communication Skills for Drug Treatment Workers, Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Abuse, and Methadone Maintenance Treatment Practitioner Knowledge and Values. In addition Mr. Lunievicz has been a curriculum collaborator and trainer on a number of other research and intervention projects. Mr. Lunievicz has also spent years overseas in the United States Peace Corp in Central American where he conducted cross cultural projects with small businesses and health promotion programs and speaks Spanish as a second language.