Dr Jacek Kolodziej

Kaitohu Kaupapahere | Policy Director, NZ Drug Foundation Te Puna Whakaiti Pāmamae Kai Whakapiri

Originally from Poland, Jacek is passionate about harm reduction as a way to improve people’s health and wellbeing. He moved to Aotearoa over 6 years ago to pursue his doctoral studies on HIV prevention and has extensive background in health research and policy. In both sexual health and substance use areas, his focus is on policies that enable equitable access to effective prevention and support. At the Drug Foundation, he works on a range of policy issues spanning from drug law reform to influencing system polices to improve access to harm reduction for all people who use drugs in Aotearoa.